shorten [動詞] 使變短;縮短
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