shortens

shortens怎么读

shortens的意思释义

v.

弄短，缩短( shorten的第三人称单数 )；

双语释义

vt. & vi. (使)变短 to become shorter

英英释义

v.

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：abridgeforeshortenabbreviatecutcontractreduce

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：bowdlerizebowdleriseexpurgatecastrate

shortens用法及例句

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

shorten sails收帆减速

shorten a skirt将裙子改短

shorten the span缩短时间

～+介词

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

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

Ive asked him to shorten my trousers.

我让他把我的裤子弄短点。

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。

The days are beginning to shorten.

白天开始变短了。

The vehicles that press down on a bridge\'s roadway compress the top half of the road, causing it to shorten like a compressed spring.

那些从桥上过压紧桥面的车辆会导致路面上半部分的压缩，使其想被压缩的弹簧一样变短。

例句参考

Mild hyperoxia shortens telomeres and inhibits proliferation of fibroblasts: a model for senescence?

NR2A subunit expression shortens NMDA receptor synaptic currents in developing neocortex

Prenatal Exposure to a Maternal Low Protein Diet Shortens Life Span in Rats

Intraoperative oesophageal Doppler guided fluid management shortens postoperative hospital stay after major bowel surgery.

Cdk4/CyclinD1 Overexpression in Neural Stem Cells Shortens G1, Delays Neurogenesis, and Promotes the Generation and Expansion of Bas...

Proteasomal degradation of Runx2 shortens parathyroid hormone-induced anti-apoptotic signaling in osteoblasts. A putative explanatio...

Intravenous Lidocaine Speeds the Return of Bowel Function, Decreases Postoperative Pain, and Shortens Hospital Stay in Patients Unde...

Mild therapeutic hypothermia shortens intensive ...

Deletion of phosphodiesterase 4D in mice shortens α2-adrenoceptor–mediated anesthesia, a behavioral correlate of emesis