英 [ˈʃɔːt(ə)n] 美 [ˈʃɔːrt(ə)n]
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
shorten /ˈʃɔːtən/ TEM4 [ shortening shortened shortens ]
及物动词/不及物动词 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
Smoking can shorten your life.
吸烟会缩短你的寿命。
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。
及物动词/不及物动词 If you shorten an object or if it shortens, it becomes smaller in length. 使变短; 变短
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。
及物动词 If you shorten a name or other word, you change it by removing some of the letters. 缩写
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。
make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
He shortened his trip due to illness
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
The manuscript must be shortened
同义词： abridge / foreshorten / abbreviate / cut / contract / reduce
make short or shorter
shorten the skirt ; shorten the rope by a few inches
become short or shorter
In winter, the days shorten
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
同义词： bowdlerize / bowdlerise / expurgate / castrate
使发短音
弄短
缩短
... settle解决(问题等) shorten减低.效能 show显示,表白 ...
... division n.部分,部门,科,处;分,分开;除 shorten vt.弄短,缩短,减少 integrity n.正直,廉正,完整 ...
减少(shorten), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
shortening 缩短（shorten的ing形式）
Smoking can shorten your life.
吸烟会缩短你的寿命。
Injury problems could shorten his career.
受伤的问题有可能缩短他的职业生涯。
In November the temperatures drop and the days shorten.
十一月气温下降，白天变短。
"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
Members of Congress from Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi are appealing to the administration to shorten the six-month moratorium.
VOA : special.2010.06.19
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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We have used it in order to shorten the agony of war, in order to save the lives of thousands and thousands of young Americans.
VOA : special.2009.06.14
The FDA says the drugs clearly shorten survival and speed the progression of cancer.
This is because the ends of chromosomes, structures called telomeres, shorten each time the cell divides.
ECONOMIST: The latest from the wacky world of anti-senescence therapy
If you want to lead more effectively, shorten the distance between the future and present.
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”。