truncate
verb [usually passive] (formal)- truncate something
to make something shorter, especially by cutting off the top or end 截短，缩短，删节（尤指掐头或去尾） My article was published in truncated form. 我的文章以节录的形式发表了。 a truncated pyramid 【数】 斜截棱锥. Further discussion was truncated by the arrival of tea. 因上了茶水, 深入讨论缩短了。
Word Originlate 15th cent. (earlier (Middle English) as truncation): from Latin truncat- ‘maimed’, from the verb truncare.