shorten
['ʃɔ:tn]
v. 弄短, 变短
例句与用法:
Lively companionship shorten the mile.
欢乐同路人,行程不觉长。
My teacher asked me to shorten the report to one page.
老师让我把报告缩短为一页。
She shortened the shirt by an inch.
她把衬衫截短了一英寸。
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 |
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
shorten
过去式:shortened
过去分词:shortened
现在进行时:shortening
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 |
同义词:
abbreviate | abridge | cut | curtail | contract | reduce | condense | compress | diminish | cut down | telescope | cut back | truncate | take up | shrink | lessen | limit | retrench | dock | decrease | trim | synopsize | clip | summarize | edit | narrow | brief | breviate | digest | prune | shear | pollard | lop | slash | down | simplify | boil down | cut short | short | stunt | lower | boil | castrate | expurgate | bowdlerise | foreshorten | bowdlerize |
反义词:
lengthen |
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
clip1
telescope
lower1
decrease1
stunt2
反义:
vt.vi.弄短; 减小; 收帆
lengthen
extend
expand
反义参见:
protract
prolong
shorten['ʃɔ:tən]vt.1.■把…弄短,使缩短:to shorten a rope把绳子剪短2.■减少,收缩;使收起:to shorten sail收帆3.■使(糕点)松脆4.■使感觉短:to shorten one's traveling time by chatting以聊天消磨旅途中无聊的时间5.■降低…的效能: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6.■给(婴幼儿)穿童装7.■[废语]使失去效果8.■【语音学】使发短音vi.1.■变短;缩短:To swell by heat and shorten by cold。热胀冷缩。2.■(价格等)减少:The costs shortens。费用降下来了。
shortenshorten[ˈʃɔ:tn]vt.1.■弄[缩]短; 减少; 减小.....的力量; 减低...的效能; 使松脆2.■(脱掉长的)改穿短衣3.■【航海】收(帆), 缩(帆)have a coat shortened把上衣改短shorten the arm of限制...的力量shorten a child给孩子改穿短衣
词性变化shorten[ˈʃɔ:tn]vi.1.■变[缩]短, 缩小
继承用法shortener[ˈʃɔ:tnə]n.1.■缩短器
参考词汇shorten;abridge;abbreviate;都含“使短”的意思。1.■shorten指“减少长度、范围或时间”, 如:shorten the period of schooling缩短学制。2.■abridge 指“通过压缩、删节而减少, 但核心部分仍保留”, 如:abridge a dictionary节缩字典。3.■abbreviate 指“词、短语、故事等的缩略”, 如:“ Sunday” is abbreviated to “Sun. ”. Sunday被缩写为Sun.。
verb
- make or become shorter[with obj.]
缩短
he shortened his stride.
他缩短了他的步幅。
patients whose waiting time had been shortened.
病人候诊的时间缩短。
[no obj.]as skirts shortened, so heels rose.
由于裙子缩短了,因而鞋跟增高了。
around mid September, days shorten and temperatures dip.
9月中旬左右,白昼缩短,气温降低。
■[with obj.](Sailing)reduce the amount of (sail spread)
(航海)缩(帆)
■(with reference to gambling odds) make or become shorter; decrease
(赌博概率)缩小;减少
[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。
[no obj.]the odds had shortened to 14–1.
概率减少至14比1。
■[with obj.](Prosody & Phonetics)make (a vowel or syllable) short
(诗韵,语音)使(元音,音节)发短音
shorten
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
shorten
■The automatic assembly line can shorten the assembling period(by)ten times.
(自动装配线能够缩短装配期十分之九)。
■Conclusion Scopolamine is a safe and effective therapic drug for shorten...
05,但第二、三产程无明显差异。
■FKZXKL(16 g kg1 )could significantly shorten PT and content of FDP.
FKZXKL(16g·kg~(-1))可明显缩短大鼠PRT时间,但对PT时间及FDP量无明显影响。
■"Shorten sail and heave the ship to," said the captain.
“收帆停船,”船长说道。
■Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sared.
不可因起床过晚而缩短了清晨时光;把清晨当成生命的典型,有如某种程度的神圣。
■Simultaneously,Frequency-locked loop and costas loop work synchronously,which shorten the update time of them.
与此同时使锁频环和锁相环同时工作,加快了更新时间。
■In study of P-VEP,the P100 wave delitescence shorten( P <0.05), N135 wave amplitude rised.
中西医结合组治疗前后视电生理分析结果显示,P-VEP中P100波的潜伏期缩短(P<0.05)和N135波的振幅增加(P<0.05)。
■Pre~ control can reduce the stock, which shorten the capital occupation period.
事先控制可以减少库存,从而减少资金占用时间。
■Logarithms were invented to shorten the work of extended numerical computation.
人们发明对数来缩短运算冗长的数值计算工作。
■One party would offer a cigarette to the other habitually, as if this would shorten their distance.
人们见面后习惯性地为对方递上一枝烟,好像这样就拉近了彼此之间的距离。
■They try hard to shorten the process of manufacture.
他们尽量缩短制作过程。
■They had to shorten the school term.
他们必须缩短学期。
■They want to shorten the time it takes to make the car.
他们想把生产汽车的时间缩短.
■They want to shorten the time it take to make the car.
他们想把生产汽车的时间缩短。
■They are planning further steps to shorten working hours.
他们计划进一步采取步骤缩短工作时间。
■He decided to shorten his stay when he hearded from his family.
他接到家信后决定缩短在这里的逗留时间。
■He asked the barber to shorten his bangs, he didn't want to look like a doll.
他要求理发师把他的刘海儿式的额前头发剪短,他不想让自己看上去像个洋娃娃。
■No man should put the clock back on another.No man should shorten the natural life of another person.
任何人都不应缩短他人的寿命。
■However, it could hardly shorten the gap of social wealth by raising the rate of deduction.
但是它很难通过提高扣除标准的方式来实现缩小社会贫富悬殊的目的。
■But is it possible to shorten this time, without hurting your health?
但是有没有可能缩短时间,而不影响健康呢?
■It could shorten TT, KPTT, PT and RT.
体外实验表明其和凝血酶具有相同的作用,且能缩短TT、KPTT、PT和RT;
■Aren't you willing to "shorten the duration of the war" and "alleviate the sufferings of the people"?
你们不是愿意“缩短战争时间”“减轻人民痛苦”的吗?
■Try to shorten that number and see whether you can do it without sacrificing the smoothness of your MA.
你可以试试把时间参数变小,看看在不牺牲均线平滑的情况下,你是否能做好。
■Do you know how to set the duplicator on the mode of shorten or enlarge ?
你知道怎么将复印机设定在缩印(放大)模式上吗?
■All you need to do is to shorten the sleeves of the dress instead of picking the whole thing apart.
你要做的只是将袖子弄短,而不是将整件衣服拆开。
■Shorten setup-adjustment time when PS plates are setup on the printing machine.
使用十字定位打孔机能够大幅度缩短印刷机拉版的时间.
■Shorten the dormancy period of hair roots may promote faster hair growth.
使脱发的发根缩短,休止期让发毛快速成长.
■To shorten by cutting; prune.
修剪通过切割来缩短;修剪
■Disuse lubricant device: reduce pollution, shorten maintenance time and prolong life-span in chain and track.
免加油链条装置,减少污染,缩短保养工时,同时提升链条及轨道的寿命。
■Up and low mold cooling function, shorten the time of finished product cool, increase output.
具备上下模具冷却功能,缩短成品冷却时间,提高产量;
■Randy never complained. But as he grew weaker,I tried to circumvent that cow trail to shorten our drive.
冉迪从未抱怨过,他身体更虚弱时,我总是尽量绕过那条“牛道”来缩短行车时间。
■Randy never complained.But as he grew weaker, I tried to circumvent that cow trail to shorten our drive.
冉迪从未抱怨过,他身体更虚弱时,我总是尽量绕过那条“牛道”来缩短行车时间。
■In winter, the days shorten.
冬天的时候,白天变短了。
■External application of Chuangshang Gao can enhance the quality and shorten the wound healing time.
创伤膏能够提高创面修复质量,缩短创面愈合时间。
■Make use of e-commerce and online payment development to improve payment term, shorten the return cycle.
利用电子商务和在线支付的发展改善结算条件、回款周期和降低成本,但一定要注意流程和实效;
■Don't ask me to shorten the trousers for you. I'm no tailor.
别叫我为你改短裤子,我不懂裁缝。
■To shorten and taper(hair) by cutting and thinning.
剪短,剪薄剪成薄的以使(头发)变短变细、变薄
■To shorten and taper (hair) by cutting and thinning.
剪短,剪薄:剪成薄的以使(头发)变短变细、变薄
■In November the temperatures drop and the days shorten.
十一月气温下降,白天变短。
■Recurrence of AIA may shorten the incubation period.
反复的AIA发作可使潜伏期缩短,病情加重。
■Injury problems could shorten his career.
受伤的问题有可能缩短他的职业生涯。
■To greatly reduce or shorten something.
另外,美国人最常用的意思是:大幅度减少。
■A person can shorten his/her own life by using the note.
可以使用死亡笔记来缩短自己的寿命。
■Smoking can shorten your life.
吸烟会缩短你的生命。
■You can shorten the curing time and the cycle of molding.
因其热硬化的速度较快,所以可缩短成型时间。
■We shorten it due to time constraints.
因时间紧凑,剧本稍微缩短;
■During anaphase the fibers begin to shorten, and the chromatids begin to move apart.
在分裂后期,纤维开始变短,染色单体分离。
■In ascension, you shorten the delay in time.
在提升中,你缩短了时间中的延迟。
■In some cases this has meant building new lines to shorten the distance.
在某些情况下,这意味着增建新的铁路线,以缩短距离。
■The days shorten in November in this country.
在这个国家,白天在十一月会变短。