curt
adj. 简短的; 三言两语的; 草率的; 敷衍了事的
If you describe someone as curt, you mean that they speak or reply in a brief and rather rude way.
Her tone of voice was curt...
她说话的语气唐突无礼。
'The matter is closed,' was the curt reply.
得到的答复简短而无礼:“事情已经结束了。”
1. marked by rude or peremptory shortness;
2. brief and to the point; effectively cut short;
But you see, my friend Curt is blind.
但是,你知道, 我的朋友curt是个盲人.
He rapped out a series of curt commands.
他大声发出了一连串简短的命令.
Aster ran off the attack in a curt businesslike way.
埃斯特以一种简捷,踏实的方式进行了这次袭击.
Norton gives a curt nod. Hadley and Trout start tossing the cell in a thorough search.
诺顿稍点了一下头, 哈雷和特劳特开始彻底的翻腾这间牢房.
This curt sumMary is not meant to be ungracious.
简略的摘要并不意味着就要没吸引力.