shorten

['ʃɔ:tn]

v. 弄短, 变短

vt.

1. 使变短; 缩短; 减少

The new highway shortens the trip.

新公路使旅程缩短了。

2. 使松脆; 在……上加起酥油

3. 缩(帆)

vi.

变短, 缩短; 变小

词形变化

名词: shortener | 动词过去式: shortened | 动词过去分词: shortened | 动词现在分词: shortening | 动词第三人称单数: shortens |

词义辨析

同义:

v.省略, 缩短, 压缩, 摘要

abbreviate  condense  compress  abridge  narrow  shrink  breviate  synopsize  summarize  digest  brief  boil down  edit

v.减少, 节省, 裁减, 修剪, 缝边

reduce  lessen  decrease  contract  dock  curtail  limit  cut  cut down  cut short  retrench  clip  shear  trim  prune  lop  pollard  diminish  slash  shrink  

同义参见:

simplify  clip  telescope  lower  decrease  stunt  

反义:

vt.vi.弄短; 减小; 收帆

lengthen  extend  expand  

反义参见:

protract  prolong  

英英释义

动词 shorten:

make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration

reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

同义词：abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce

make short or shorter

become short or shorter

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

同义词：bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate

补充

shortenshorten英:[ˈʃɔ:tn] 美:[ˈʃɔrtn]vt. & vi.1.弄短, 缩短The days shorten in winter.冬季日短。She shortened the skirt by an inch.她把裙子缩短了一英寸。

例句

1. Smoking can shorten your life.吸烟会缩短你的寿命。 2. Originally called Lili, she shortened her name to Lee.她原先叫Lili, 后来简称Lee。 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。 4. to shorten a rope把绳子剪短 5. to shorten sail收帆 6. to shorten one's traveling time by chatting以聊天消磨旅途中无聊的时间 7. to shorten side effects from the use of anaesthetics as fast as possible尽可能快地降低麻醉药物的副作用 8. To swell by heat and shorten by cold。热胀冷缩。 9. The costs shortens。费用降下来了。 10. he shortened his stride.他缩短了他的步幅。 11. patients whose waiting time had been shortened.病人候诊的时间缩短。 12. [no obj.]as skirts shortened, so heels rose.由于裙子缩短了，因而鞋跟增高了。 13. around mid September, days shorten and temperatures dip.9月中旬左右，白昼缩短，气温降低。 14. [with obj.]Ladbrokes shortened Nashwan's odds from 2–1 to 7–4.立博博彩公司缩小了赛马那时还的赌博概率，从2比1减至7比4。 15. [no obj.]the odds had shortened to 14–1.概率减少至14比1。 16. The days have begun to shorten. [=last for a smaller amount of time]白天已开始变短。 17. shorten a pair of pants裁短一条长裤 18. He had to shorten the speech.他不得不缩短演讲的时间。 19. Not changing the oil regularly will shorten the life of the engine. [=will cause the engine to fail sooner]不定期更换机油会缩短发动机的寿命。 20. “Franklin D. Roosevelt” is often shortened to “FDR.”*Franklin D.Roosevelt常缩写为FDR。 21. “I've” is the shortened form of “I have.”*I've是Ihave的缩写。 22. I heard a shortened version of the song on the radio.我在电台听过这首歌的缩略版。