shorten

导读：shorten音标
英 [ˈʃɔ:tn] 美 [ˈʃɔ:rtn]
shorten基本释义
v.弄短；变短
shorten用法及例句
v.(动词)缩短使松脆变短变小弄短缩小减少收（帆）缩（帆）给（脱去长的婴孩服）改穿短衣收

shorten音标

英 [ˈʃɔ:tn]

美 [ˈʃɔ:rtn]

shorten基本释义

v.弄短；变短

shorten用法及例句

v.(动词)

缩短

使松脆

变短

变小

弄短

缩小

减少

收（帆）

缩（帆）

给（脱去长的婴孩服）改穿短衣

收缩

短接

使变短

使不足

在…上加起酥油

使更少

v.(动词)

vt. & vi. (使)变短 to become shorter

verb

1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

e.g. bowdlerize a novel

Synonym: bowdlerizebowdleriseexpurgatecastrate

2. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

e.g. The manuscript must be shortened

Synonym: abridgeforeshortenabbreviatecutcontractreduce

3. become short or shorter

e.g. In winter, the days shorten

4. make shorter than originally intendedreduce or retrench in length or duration

e.g. He shortened his trip due to illness

5. make short or shorter

e.g. shorten the skirtshorten the rope by a few inches

1. (使)时间变短;缩短(…的时间)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.

e.g. Smoking can shorten your life...吸烟会缩短你的寿命。e.g. The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labor Day holiday...因庆祝劳工节，这个交易日交易时间缩短了。

2. 缩短…的长度;(物体)变短If you shorten an object or if it shortens, it becomes smaller in length.

e.g. Her father paid £1,000 for an operation to shorten her nose...她父亲花了 1,000 英镑给她做了削鼻手术。e.g. As they shorten, cells become more prone to disease and death.细胞变小后就会更容易感染疾病，也更容易死亡。

3. 缩写,缩短(名字等)If you shorten a name or other word, you change it by removing some of the letters.

shorten的解释

e.g. Originally called Lili, she eventually shortened her name to Lee.她原先叫 Lili (莉莉)，*后她把名字略作 Lee (李)。

4. to shorten the odds -> see odds

1. 缩短：庄家一般来讲,当他发现赌资的比重分布不均匀时,都会用降低赔率价格(或者说是缩短(Shorten)赔率)来达到阻碍更多的赌资的加入. 但是,在如上的情况下,庄家是没有啥办法来调控了,除非他宣布不再接受新的赌注了,

2. 减低......效能：settle 解决(问题等) | shorten 减低......效能 | show 显示,表明

常用例句

词汇搭配

用作动词(v.)

Shorten the report to 2000 words.

把这份报告压缩到2000字。

用作动词(v.)

The days shorten in winter.冬天昼短。

The days are rapidly shortening.白昼正在很快变短。

The coat shortened after washing.这件上衣水洗后变短了。

用作动词 (v.)

shorten sails收帆减速

shorten a skirt将裙子改短

shorten the span缩短时间

shorten by cold遇冷会缩短

shorten sth by an inch把某物缩短一英寸

shorten into缩短为

shorten to压缩到

He was going to shorten the proposed two months into six weeks.

I've had my fur coat shortened.

Driving a cab tends to shorten your life span.

词语用法

词义讲解

v.(动词)

shorten的基本意思是“(使)变短”,指缩减其长度或持续时间,有时不是实际地缩短,而只是表面感觉上的缩短。

shorten可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。

v.(动词)

shorten, abbreviate, abridge, condense, contract

这组词用于字词、段落、章节等时,都含有“删减”或“精简”的意思。它们的区别在于:

1.abridge, condense和shorten都可指压缩文章、著作的篇幅而内容不变, abridge比shorten更文雅; abbreviate主要用于删除音节、字母或单词而保留词头; contract通常指省略单词的中间部分,不包括只保留词头的词。

2.表示“缩略成…”时, abbreviate, condense, contract和shorten常与介词to搭配; condense也常与介词into搭配。

高考真题例句

OG 1.shorten

shorten their office hours

缩短办公时间

2016浙江卷

近义词

反义词

临近词

bowdlerise删除文句

retrench减少开支

breviate缩简

lop剪去(树枝)

digest摘要

dock码头

boil down浓缩

synopsize 给 ... 写提要(给...

cut切

shrink收缩

abridge删节

prune修剪

cut down削减

limit限度

reduce减少

abbreviate缩写

curtail缩减

compress压缩

foreshorten按照透视法画...

brief短暂的

expurgate净化

slash猛砍

pollard截去枝梢的树...

down向下

condense浓缩

stunt特技

decrease减少

bowdlerize删改

simplify简化

telescope望远镜

trim修剪

edit剪辑

cut short中断

truncate切去一端

boil沸腾

cut back削减

short短的

clip夹住

contract合同

shear修剪

diminish减少

lessen减少

castrate阉割

summarize概述

take up拿起

lower低的

narrow有限的

lengthen加长

shorten range

shortenings

shorten code

shortend

shortener

shorten sail

shortcut

shorten word

shortening

shorthand

shorten sails

shortensail