cut short

kurz schneiden

Etwas mit einer Schere oder einem anderen scharfen Werkzeug deutlich kürzer machen.

In einfachem Englisch: To use scissors or another sharp tool to make something much shorter.

• He cuts his hair short.
• We cut the grass short yesterday.
• Should I cut these stems short?

So benutzt man es: cut something short (She cuts her nails short for work.)

Synonyme: trim, crop

Häufige Wendungen: cut hair short, cut grass short

vorzeitig beenden, abkürzen

Etwas beenden, bevor es eigentlich zu Ende sein sollte.

In einfachem Englisch: To end something before it was supposed to finish.

• Rain cut short our picnic.
• She cut her visit short.
• Was the match cut short by the storm?

So benutzt man es: cut something short (We cut our holiday short because of the storm.)

Synonyme: curtail, shorten

Gegenteile: extend, prolong

Häufige Wendungen: cut short something, cut something short

unterbrechen, das Wort abschneiden

Jemanden unterbrechen, bevor er zu Ende gesprochen hat.

In einfachem Englisch: To stop someone before they finish speaking.

• Please do not cut me short.
• He cut her short with a sharp question.
• The manager cut us short before we finished explaining.

So benutzt man es: cut someone short (The chair cut me short before I could explain.)

Synonyme: interrupt, cut off

Häufige Wendungen: cut someone short, cut short someone

verkürzt, vorzeitig beendet

Kürzer gemacht oder früher als erwartet beendet.

In einfachem Englisch: Made shorter, or ended before the expected time.

• With her hair cut short, she looked younger.
• The visit, cut short by illness, lasted only two days.
• His career, cut short by injury, had begun well.

Synonyme: shortened, curtailed

Häufige Wendungen: hair cut short, life cut short