Curt

(a.) Characterized by excessive brevity; short; rudely concise; as, curt limits; a curt answer.

手打:蒙塔古

• She wished that he would go, as he had once spoken of doing, instead of sitting there, answering with curt sentences all the remarks she made. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Paul would not stand any prolonged experience of this sort of dialogue I knew; but he certainly merited a sample of the curt and arid. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• This curt reply brought the Earl in person to Becky's apartment; but he could get no more success than the first ambassador. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Lydgate uttered this speech in the curt hammering way with which we usually try to nail down a vague mind to imperative facts. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

整理:梅尔巴