[with obj.][often as adj. truncated]shorten (something) by cutting off the top or the end 去除顶端(或末端)以截短,截断(某物) a truncated cone shape. 一个被截断的圆锥形。 discussion was truncated by the arrival of tea. 讨论被送来的茶水给打断了。 ■(Crystallography)replace (an edge or an angle) by a plane, typically so as to make equal angles with the adjacent faces (晶体)把(晶体相邻面的棱或角)截成平面
adjective
(Botany & Zoology)(of a leaf, feather, or other part) ending abruptly as if cut off across the base or tip (植,动)(叶、羽毛等)截形的
派生 truncation noun 语源
late 15th cent. (as a verb): from Latin truncat- 'maimed', from the verb truncare