curt
adjective/kɜːt/
/kɜːrt/
- (of a person’s manner or behaviour) appearing rude because very few words are used, or because something is done in a very quick way
简短而失礼的；唐突无礼的 - a curt reply
唐突无礼的答复 - A curt note of rejection arrived from the company director.
董事传来了一张便条，就这样随便拒绝了。 - His tone was curt and unfriendly.
他说话的语调粗暴无礼。 - She dismissed him with a curt nod of the head.
她随便点了一下头就把他打发走了。 - She ignored the curt order.
她对简单粗暴的命令不屑一顾。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCurt is used with these nouns:- dismissal
- nod
- reply
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘short, shortened’): from Latin curtus ‘cut short, abridged’. - a curt reply