Her curt reply surprised the customer.
她简短生硬的回答让顾客感到惊讶。
Select the best synonym for the word “curt”:
C — brusque. “curt” means adj. rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner
His ______ reply of just one single word made her feel quite unwelcome.
D — curt. “curt” means adj. rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner
curt — adj. rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner. In Chinese: 简短而失礼的.
curt is pronounced /kɜːt/. It breaks into 1 syllable: curt.
Her curt reply surprised the customer. (她简短生硬的回答让顾客感到惊讶。)
brusque, terse, short — all close in meaning to curt (adj. rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner).
Yes. curt appears on the iSEE Vocab Basic list, which covers nearly 2,500 words for the ISEE and SSAT.