curtness 的定义
curt·er, curt·est.
- rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner.
- brief; concise; terse; laconic.
- short; shortened.
curtness 近义词
等同于 brevity
更多curtness例句
- Both men curtly acknowledged Barrington's greeting, hardly conscious of the curtness maybe.
- Stephen was made of much finer stuff than Bob, but he had not the latter's graceful humor and his curtness jarred.
- The command came when it was needed, for Hetty was almost dismayed, and its curtness was bracing.
- Amory supposed that it must be something in that close and grey-looking oblong that was at the bottom of his imperious curtness.
- I returned his nod with a curtness I was at no pains to dissemble.