truncate

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++trun·cate /trʌŋˈkeɪt $ ˈtrʌŋkeɪt/ verb [transitive]  formalSHORT/NOT LONG to make something shorter 把…截短 SYN shorten If the list is too long, it will be truncated by the computer. 如果列表太长，电脑会将其截短。 The report is also available in a truncated version. 该报告还有简缩版。 —truncation /trʌŋˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table

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truncate• Lulled by a canned anthem, people rotate, debate, checkmate, gyrate and truncate.• Maybe partially because of all the big-name actors, some in rather small roles, Cop Land seems truncated.• The squares of the data values require more than six decimal figures and must therefore be truncated by the computer.• You can choose which field is used to make up the file name truncating it to a specified length.• We are emphatically not introducing an appeal system in order to truncate or bypass it.• Have fun now, because you may have to settle for a truncated product next year.• But in the truncated remnant that had been Maryland, the federal government just grew and grew.Origin truncate (1400-1500) Latin past participle of truncare, from truncus; → TRUNK

trun·cate verbChineseSyllable  

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truncate
trun‧cate /trʌŋˈkeɪt $ ˈtrʌŋkeɪt/ verb [transitive]formal to make something shorter
   SYN  shorten:
    If the list is too long, it will be truncated by the computer.
    The report is also available in a truncated version.
—truncation /trʌŋˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]

trun·cateBrE /trʌŋˈkeɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtrʌŋkeɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they truncate BrE /trʌŋˈkeɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtrʌŋkeɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it truncates BrE /trʌŋˈkeɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtrʌŋkeɪts/ 🔊past simple truncated BrE /trʌŋˈkeɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtrʌŋkeɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle truncated BrE /trʌŋˈkeɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtrʌŋkeɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form truncating BrE /trʌŋˈkeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtrʌŋkeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 [usually passive] ~ sth (formal) to make sth shorter, especially by cutting off the top or end 截短，缩短，删节（尤指掐头或去尾）◆My article was published in truncated form. 我的文章以节录的形式发表了。🔊🔊▸ trun·ca·tion BrE /trʌŋˈkeɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtrʌŋkeɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable]