Shortening
['ʃɔːt(ə)nɪŋ] or ['ʃɔrtnɪŋ]
解释:
(noun.) act of decreasing in length; 'the dress needs shortening'.
(noun.) fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods.
哈蒂编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shorten
(n.) The act of making or becoming short or shorter.
(n.) That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc.
整理:罗威娜
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Abbreviation, curtailment, abridgment, contraction, reduction, retrenchment.[2]. Fat, fatty substance.
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例句:
- It is useful for the making of chains, tools, carriage axles, joining shafting, wires, and pipes, mending bands, tires, hoops, and lengthening and shortening bolts, bars, etc. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Yet she had not to complain of an undue shortening of existence; her faded person shewed that life had naturally spent itself. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- I thought you were going to tell your speech to that man, said Jo, rudely shortening her sister's little reverie. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Still he looked both handsome and superb; but time was shortening and there was only one direction to go. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Proportions, fore-shortening. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
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