shorten，英语单词，及物动词、不及物动词，作及物动词时意为“缩短；减少；变短”，作不及物动词时意为“缩短；变短”。
shorten
- vt. 缩短；减少；变短
- vi. 缩短；变短
[ 第三人称单数 shortens 现在分词 shortening 过去式 shortened 过去分词 shortened ]
网络释义专业释义英英释义
短语
shorten sail 收帆减速 ; 缩帆
curtail or shorten 截短或缩短 ; 范围或持续时间 ; 削减减少…的尺寸
shorten cyclic codes 缩短循环码
Accumulation shorten 缺乏积累 ; 缺少积聚
shorten a ladder 缩合梯子
Shorten Lifespan 缩短寿命
shorten working hours 缩短工作时间
shorten material 减黏材料 ; 短期破断
And breathe starts to shorten 呼吸开始变的急促
shorten [ 'ʃɔ:tən ]
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v.
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make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
"He shortened his trip due to illness"
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reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
"The manuscript must be shortened"
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make short or shorter
"shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
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become short or shorter
"In winter, the days shorten"
- edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
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make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
shorten /ˈʃɔːtən/ TEM4 ( shortening, shortened, shortens )
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V-T/V-I If you shorten an event or the length of time that something lasts, or if it shortens, it does not last as long as it would otherwise do or as it used to do. 缩短
例：Smoking can shorten your life.
吸烟会缩短你的寿命。
例：The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labour Day holiday.
交易日为了庆祝劳动节而缩短。
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V-T/V-I If you shorten an object or if it shortens, it becomes smaller in length. 使变短; 变短
例：Her father paid $5,000 for an operation to shorten her nose.
她父亲为一个缩短她的鼻子的手术花了$5000。
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V-T If you shorten a name or other word, you change it by removing some of the letters. 缩写
例：Originally called Lili, she eventually shortened her name to Lee.
她原本叫莉莉，最后她把名字缩写成了莉。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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Smoking can shorten your life.
吸烟会缩短你的寿命。
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Injury problems could shorten his career.
受伤的问题有可能缩短他的职业生涯。
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In November the temperatures drop and the days shorten.
十一月气温下降，白天变短。
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"There is increased evidence that it helps shorten the duration of the common cold sometimes even by two to three days."
VOA: special.2011.04.20
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That's the harmonic series that's on that, and what the valves do is they shorten and lengthen that vibrating column of air very much like the cello string on the fingerboard.
这就是圆号上的泛音列,活瓣的作用是增长或减短,空气柱的高度,很像大提琴指板上的弦
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Members of Congress from Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi are appealing to the administration to shorten the six-month moratorium.
VOA: special.2010.06.19
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