cut short

短く切る

はさみなどの刃物で、物の長さをかなり短くする。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： cut something short (She cuts her nails short for work.)

類義語： trim, crop

よく使う表現： cut hair short, cut grass short

早めに切り上げる、途中で打ち切る

予定していた終わりより前に、物事を終わらせる。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： cut something short (We cut our holiday short because of the storm.)

類義語： curtail, shorten

反対語： extend, prolong

よく使う表現： cut short something, cut something short

話を遮る

人が話し終わる前に、その話を遮る。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： cut someone short (The chair cut me short before I could explain.)

類義語： interrupt, cut off

よく使う表現： cut someone short, cut short someone

短く切られた、途中で打ち切られた

長さを短くされた、または予定より早く終わらされた。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： shortened, curtailed

よく使う表現： hair cut short, life cut short