Shorten

['ʃɔːt(ə)n] or ['ʃɔrtn]

解释:

(verb.) become short or shorter; 'In winter, the days shorten'.

(verb.) make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; 'He shortened his trip due to illness'.

(verb.) make short or shorter; 'shorten the skirt'; 'shorten the rope by a few inches'.

录入:莫拉--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.

(a.) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.

(a.) To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.

(a.) To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.

(v. i.) To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.

乔斯林编辑

同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Abbreviate, abridge, retrench, cut short, cut down.[2]. Lessen, diminish, reduce.

校对:莱利亚

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Curtail, lessen, abridge,[See {[?]?}]

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