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shorten是什么意思

2024-02-09 05:19:17
shorten
美[ʃɔːrtn]  英[ʃɔːtn]
v.  弄短;变短
  名词:shortener  过去式:shortened  过去分词:shortened  现在分词:shortening  第三人称单数:shortens
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详细释义

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"

组词搭配

~+名词
  1. shorten sails收帆减速
  2. shorten a skirt将裙子改短
  3. shorten the span缩短时间
~+介词
  1. shorten by cold遇冷会缩短
  2. shorten sth by an inch把某物缩短一英寸
  3. shorten into缩短为
  4. shorten to压缩到

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 bridges 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。

词语用法

v.(动词)
    shorten的基本意思是“(使)变短”,指缩减其长度或持续时间,有时不是实际地缩短,而只是表面感觉上的缩短。 shorten可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。