truncate

英 [trʌŋ'keɪt] 美 ['trʌŋkeɪt]

• vt. 切去一端；缩短；截棱成平面
• adj. 切去了头；缩短了的；截形的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off;

   "a truncate leaf"
   "truncated volcanic mountains"
   "a truncated pyramid"
   

Verb:

1. replace a corner by a plane

2. approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one;

   "truncate a series"
   

3. make shorter as if by cutting off;

   "truncate a word"
   "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. truncate a news item to fit an available space
   删减一条新闻以适应报纸的篇幅
2. Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains.
   侵蚀削去了山脊。

经典引文

• Lawrence wrote a remarkable amount in a life truncated by tuberculosis.

  出自： A. Burgess

• The battle..lasted long enough to give the allies time to truncate Iraq's military.

  出自：Time

词汇搭配

• truncate wing 平截翅
• execute truncate 执行中断
• truncate leaf 截形叶

近反义词

【近义词】

• shorten 弄短
• abbreviate 缩写
• trim 修剪
• cut 切
• prune 修剪
• pare 削减
• lessen 减少
• telescope 望远镜
• truncated 被截的
• cut short 中断