shorten-主題

shorten

['ʃɔ:tn]

v. 弄短, 變短

例句與用法：

Lively companionship shorten the mile.

歡樂同路人，行程不覺長。

My teacher asked me to shorten the report to one page.

老師讓我把報告縮短為一頁。

She shortened the shirt by an inch.

她把襯衫截短了一英吋。

詞形變化：

名詞: shortener | 動詞過去式: shortened | 動詞過去分詞: shortened | 動詞現在分詞: shortening | 動詞第三人稱單數: shortens |

英文解釋:

動詞 shorten:

make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration

reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

同義詞：abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce

make short or shorter

become short or shorter

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

同義詞：bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate

同義詞

abbreviate | abridge | cut | curtail | contract | reduce | condense | compress | diminish | cut down | telescope | cut back | truncate | take up | shrink | lessen | limit | retrench | dock | decrease | trim | synopsize | clip | summarize | edit | narrow | brief | breviate | digest | prune | shear | pollard | lop | slash | down | simplify | boil down | cut short | short | stunt | lower | boil | castrate | expurgate | bowdlerise | foreshorten | bowdlerize |

反義詞

lengthen |

以上來源於大辭典