shorten

常用词汇 　
英 ['ʃɔːtn] 　 　 美 ['ʃɔːrtn] 　 　
  • v. 弄短；变短
shortener shortened shortened shortening shortens
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shorten的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：

详尽释义

v. (动词)
  1. 缩短
  2. 使松脆
  3. 变短
  4. 变小
  5. 弄短
  6. 缩小
  7. 减少
  8. 收（帆）
  9. 缩（帆）
  10. 给（脱去长的婴孩服）改穿短衣
  11. 收缩
  12. 短接
  13. 使变短
  14. 使不足
  15. 在…上加起酥油
  16. 使更少

双解释义

v. (动词)
  1. vt. & vi. (使)变短 to become shorter

英英释义

Verb:
  1. make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration;

    "He shortened his trip due to illness"

  2. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;

    "The manuscript must be shortened"

  3. make short or shorter;

    "shorten the skirt"
    "shorten the rope by a few inches"

  4. become short or shorter;

    "In winter, the days shorten"

  5. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;

    "bowdlerize a novel"

shorten的用法和样例：

例句

用作动词 (v.)
  1. Ive asked him to shorten my trousers.
    我让他把我的裤子弄短点。
  2. All you need to do is to shorten the sleeves of the dress instead of picking the whole thing apart.
    你要做的只是将袖子弄短，而不是将整件衣服拆开。
  3. The days are beginning to shorten.
    白天开始变短了。
  4. The vehicles that press down on a bridge's roadway compress the top half of the road, causing it to shorten like a compressed spring.
    那些从桥上过压紧桥面的车辆会导致路面上半部分的压缩，使其想被压缩的弹簧一样变短。

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)
shorten to (v.+prep.)
    (使)压缩到… (cause sth to) become shorter to
    shorten sth to sth

    Shorten the report to 2000 words.

    把这份报告压缩到2000字。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
～+名词 ～+介词

经典引文

  • He was going to shorten the proposed two months into six weeks.

    出自： J. Galsworthy

  • I've had my fur coat shortened.

    出自： J. Rhys

  • Driving a cab tends to shorten your life span.

    出自： S. Terkel

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shorthand shortcut shortend shortener shortening shortensail shortenings shorten code shorten word shorten sail shorten range shorten sails
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