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shorten ['ʃɔ:tn]
基本释义
- vt. 弄短,缩短,减少
vi. 缩小,变短
词形变化
- 时 态：short·ened, short·en·ing, short·ens名 词：short'en·er
参考例句
- To shorten by cutting;prune.
修剪通过切割来缩短;修剪 - To shorten one's grip on the handle of a bat or racket.
在球棒或球拍把手上缩短握拍距离. - They want to shorten the time it takes to make the car.
他们想把生产汽车的时间缩短. - Surgical shortening or reshaping of the nose.
鼻部整形术外科手术中鼻子的整形或截短 - The days are beginning to shorten,eg in autumn.
白天开始变短了(如在秋季).
- To shorten by cutting;prune.
英英解释
5个动词解释
- make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
[反] lengthen
[例]- He shortened his trip due to illness
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
[同] abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
[反] dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate
[例]- The manuscript must be shortened
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- make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration