abridgment

n.
1. omissions删节。
△H. V. 5. Cho. 44: “Then brookabridgment，”种种删减，请多多原谅。
2. in terruption; pastime or entertainment that short-ens the time打岔；（缩短时间的）消遣，娱乐。
△Ham. 2. 2.448 (420): “for look,where my abridgement comes. ”i.e. the players who cut him short or entertain him.但是，看，他们来打断了我的话头。(又译：消遣的玩意儿来了。)
3. pastime; a short,or shortened,play for anevening’s entertainment at court消遣；（为宫廷晚会之用的）短剧或戏剧删节本（折子戏）。
△Mid. 5. 1. 39: “Say,what abridgement have you for this evening?”说说看，你今天晚上能拿出什么演出节目？