英语词汇“shorten”的意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

是什么意思

vt.& vi.

缩短，变短；

变形

过去式：shortened过去分词：shortened现在分词：shortening第三人称单数：shortens

双语释义

v.(动词)

vt. & vi. (使)变短 to become shorter

英英释义

shorten[ '??:t?n ]

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

学习怎么用

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

同近义词辨析

shorten, abridge, abbreviate, cut

这组词都有“缩短”的意思，其区别是：

shorten通常指缩短时间、尺寸或过程。

abridge多指对书籍的删节或缩短，删去不重要部分而保存其精华。

abbreviate指省去应有的或后续的部分，从而使整体缩短。也可指缩短时间。

cut普通用词，指任何缩短而缩减的过程。

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。

权威例句

Telomeres shorten during ageing of human fibroblasts.
Perioperative Normothermia to Reduce the Incidence of Surgical-Wound Infection and Shorten Hospitalization — NEJM
Perioperative normothermia to reduce the incidence of surgical wound infection and shorten hospitalization : Kurz A, Sessler DI, Len...
Use of Procalcitonin to Shorten Antibiotic Treatment Duration in Septic Patients
Combinations of R207910 with Drugs Used To Treat Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Have the Potential To Shorten Treatment Duration
Stability Criteria for Switched and Hybrid Systems
H-TCP: TCP for high-speed and long-distance networks
On the interpretation and identification of dynamic Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy models
Experimental evaluation of TCP protocols for high-speed networks
The velocity of unloaded shortening and its relation to sarcomere length and isometric force in vertebrate muscle fibres.

单词	shorten
释义	shorten 听听怎么读英 [???:tn] 美 [???rtn] 是什么意思 vt.& vi. 缩短，变短；变形过去式：shortened过去分词：shortened现在分词：shortening第三人称单数：shortens 双语释义 v.(动词) vt. & vi. (使)变短 to become shorter 英英释义 shorten[ '??:t?n ] 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 学习怎么用词汇搭配用作动词 (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压缩到同近义词辨析 shorten, abridge, abbreviate, cut 这组词都有“缩短”的意思，其区别是： shorten通常指缩短时间、尺寸或过程。 abridge多指对书籍的删节或缩短，删去不重要部分而保存其精华。 abbreviate指省去应有的或后续的部分，从而使整体缩短。也可指缩短时间。 cut普通用词，指任何缩短而缩减的过程。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。权威例句 Telomeres shorten during ageing of human fibroblasts. Perioperative Normothermia to Reduce the Incidence of Surgical-Wound Infection and Shorten Hospitalization — NEJM Perioperative normothermia to reduce the incidence of surgical wound infection and shorten hospitalization : Kurz A, Sessler DI, Len... Use of Procalcitonin to Shorten Antibiotic Treatment Duration in Septic Patients Combinations of R207910 with Drugs Used To Treat Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Have the Potential To Shorten Treatment Duration Stability Criteria for Switched and Hybrid Systems H-TCP: TCP for high-speed and long-distance networks On the interpretation and identification of dynamic Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy models Experimental evaluation of TCP protocols for high-speed networks The velocity of unloaded shortening and its relation to sarcomere length and isometric force in vertebrate muscle fibres.
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