truncate

truncate
verb
  1. [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
  1. (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
  1. late 15th cent. (as a verb): from Latin truncat- 'maimed', from the verb truncare
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