foreshorten

vt. 照透视法缩短, 缩短

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其它

词形变化

foreshortened foreshortening foreshortens 三单 foreshortens foreshortening 现在分词 foreshortened 过去式 foreshortened 过去分词

别名

forshorten

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To render the image of an object such that it appears to be receding in space as it is perceived visually.

  2. 2.

    To abridge, reduce, contract.

  3. 3.

    To make shorter.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 6

cut contract reduce shorten abbreviate abridge

上位词 4

decrease shorten lessen minify

下位词 8

concentrate digest shorten castrate condense bowdlerise bowdlerize expurgate

近义相关 3

cut edit edit out

词源

From fore- + shorten.

来源：wiktionary