\\\"try to cultivate a less brusque manner\\\"
\\\"a curt reply\\\"
\\\"the salesgirl was very short with him\\\"
brief and to the point; effectively cut short;
\\\"a crisp retort\\\"
\\\"a response so curt as to be almost rude\\\"
\\\"the laconic reply; `yes\\\'\\\"
\\\"short and terse and easy to understand\\\"
造句
He rapped out a series of curt commands. 他大聲發出了一連串簡短的命令。
`No!\\\' was his curt rejoinder. 他草率地回答了一聲｀不!＇
He rapped out a series of curt commands. 他大聲發出了一連串簡短的命令。
常用短語
Pictures drawn by himself of what, from the curt descriptions, he imagined the saga heroes to have looked like.
出自：C. P. Snow
I barely answered him, and he must have thought me curt.