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shorten基本信息

读法：英 ["ʃɔːt(ə)n] 美 ["ʃɔrtn]

释义：

  • vt. 缩短；减少；变短
  • vi. 缩短；变短

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    英英释义

    Verb:

  • make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration;"He shortened his trip due to illness"
  • reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;"The manuscript must be shortened"
  • make short or shorter;"shorten the skirt"
    "shorten the rope by a few inches"
  • become short or shorter;"In winter, the days shorten"
  • edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;"bowdlerize a novel"

    • 中英词源

    shorten 缩短

    来自 short,短的，-en,使。

    shorten (v.)
    1510s, "make shorter;" 1560s, "grow shorter," from short (adj.) + -en (1); the earlier form of the verb was simply short, from Old English sceortian "to grow short, become short; run short, fail," gescyrtan "to make short."

    词态变化

    第三人称单数 shortens;
    过去式 shortened;
    过去分词 shortened;
    现在分词 shortening;

    权威造句

    1. As they shorten, cells become more prone to disease and death.
    细胞变小后就会更容易感染疾病，也更容易死亡。

    来自柯林斯例句

    2. Her father paid £1,000 for an operation to shorten her nose.
    她父亲花了1,000英镑给她做了削鼻手术。

    来自柯林斯例句

    3. When the days shorten in winter some people suffer depression.
    冬季天短，有些人会变得抑郁消沉。

    来自柯林斯例句

    4. Injury problems could shorten his career.
    受伤的问题有可能缩短他的职业生涯。

    来自《权威词典》wWW.wEnTiyi.cOM

    5. Minor accidents can shorten the life of a car.
    小事故会缩短汽车寿命.

    来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

    近反义词

  • abbreviate 缩写
  • abridge 删节
  • cut 切
  • curtail 缩减
  • contract 合同
  • reduce 减少
  • condense 浓缩
  • compress 压缩
  • diminish 减少
  • cut down 削减
  • telescope 望远镜
  • cut back 削减
  • truncate 切去一端
  • take up 拿起
  • shrink 收缩
  • lessen 减少
  • limit 限度
  • retrench 减少开支
  • dock 码头
  • decrease 减少
  • trim 修剪
  • synopsize 给 ... 写提要(给...
  • clip 夹住
  • summarize 概述
  • edit 剪辑
  • narrow 有限的
  • brief 短暂的
  • breviate 缩简
  • digest 摘要
  • prune 修剪
  • shear 修剪
  • pollard 截去枝梢的树...
  • lop 剪去(树枝)
  • slash 猛砍
  • down 向下
  • simplify 简化
  • boil down 浓缩
  • cut short 中断
  • short 短的
  • stunt 特技
  • lower 低的
  • boil 沸腾
  • castrate 阉割
  • expurgate 净化
  • bowdlerise 删除文句
  • foreshorten 按照透视法画...
  • bowdlerize 删改

    • 相似短语

  • shorten the heat 缩短冶炼时间
  • shorten range 近程，近瞄准距
  • shorten sail v. 收帆减速

    • 单词分析

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