cut-short

1.The chairman had to cut short the proceedings.

会议主席只提早结束议程。

2.Impatiently he cut short what I was telling him.

他不耐烦了我话。

3.Our conversation was cut short by the arrival of the teacher.

老师来了，我们谈话中了。

4.He was told to speak briefly; accordingly he cut short his remarks.

人家叫他说话简短, 于是他就长话短说了。

5.My hair is much more manageable since I had it cut short.

自从我把头发剪短以来, 它好梳理多了。

6.The artist sketched the queen, by then aged 37, as she passed by his window in a tumbrel, hair cut short and hands tied behind her back, ready for the guillotine.

画中时年37岁王后头发被剪短，双手反绑，坐在死囚押送车里，路过画家窗前赶赴头台。