shorten

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vt. 弄短, 缩短, 减少 vi. 缩小, 变短

发音

UK /ˈʃɔːtn̩/
其它
US /ˈʃɔɹtn̩/

词形变化

shortened shortenest shorteneth shortening shortens 三单 shortens shortening 现在分词 shortened 过去式 shortened 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

缩短；减少；变短

动词

缩短；变短

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make shorter; to abbreviate.

    弄短

    及物
  2. 2.

    To become shorter.

    缩短

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).

    及物
  4. 4.

    To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.

    及物
  5. 5.

    To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.

    及物

    to shorten an allowance of food

  6. 6.

    To make crumbly.

    及物 烹饪
  7. 7.

    To take in the slack of (a rope).

    及物 航海 交通
  8. 8.

    To reduce (sail) by taking it in.

    及物 航海 交通
  9. 9.

    to dress (a baby) in a short (rather than long) gown

    过时 及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

cut contract reduce castrate abbreviate abridge bowdlerise bowdlerize expurgate foreshorten

反义词 1

lengthen

上位词 10

change cut fall contract reduce alter trim decrease modify diminish

下位词 10

cut concentrate clip digest castrate condense curtail cut short bowdlerise bowdlerize

近义相关 3

cut edit edit out

相关短语

shorten up shorten down

词源

From Middle English shortnen, schortenen, equivalent to short + -en (verbal suffix). In some senses, a continuation (in altered form) of Middle English schorten (“to make short, shorten”), from Old English sċortian (“to become short”), from Proto-Germanic *skurtōną (“to shorten”).

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