shorten

　 常用詞匯 　
英 ['???tn] 　 　 美 ['???rtn] 　 　
  • v. 弄短；變短
shortener shortened shortened shortening shortens
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shorten的英文翻譯是什么意思，詞典釋義與在線(xiàn)翻譯：

詳盡釋義

v. (動(dòng)詞)
  1. 縮短
  2. 使松脆
  3. 變短
  4. 變小
  5. 弄短
  6. 縮小
  7. 減少
  8. 收（帆）
  9. 縮（帆）
  10. 給（脫去長(cháng)的嬰孩服）改穿短衣
  11. 收縮
  12. 短接
  13. 使變短
  14. 使不足
  15. 在…上加起酥油
  16. 使更少

雙解釋義

v. (動(dòng)詞)
  1. vt. & vi. (使)變短 to become shorter

英英釋義

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的用法和樣例：

例句

用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)
  1. Ive asked him to shorten my trousers.
    我讓他把我的褲子弄短點(diǎn)。
  2. All you need to do is to shorten the sleeves of the dress instead of picking the whole thing apart.
    你要做的只是將袖子弄短，而不是將整件衣服拆開(kāi)。
  3. The days are beginning to shorten.
    白天開(kāi)始變短了。
  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.
    那些從橋上過(guò)壓緊橋面的車(chē)輛會(huì )導致路面上半部分的壓縮，使其想被壓縮的彈簧一樣變短。

常用短語(yǔ)

用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)
shorten to (v.+prep.)
    (使)壓縮到… (cause sth to) become shorter to
    shorten sth to sth

    Shorten the report to 2000 words.

    把這份報告壓縮到2000字。

詞匯搭配

用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)
～+名詞 ～+介詞

經(jīng)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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