shortened
基本解释
- 缩短的
- 短路的
用法辨析
- shorten的基本意思是“(使)变短”,指缩减其长度或持续时间,有时不是实际地缩短,而只是表面感觉上的缩短。
- shorten可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- The days shorten in winter.
冬天昼短。 - Can you shorten this dress for me?
你能为我把这条连衣裙改短吗?
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
词组短语
- shorten sails 收帆减速
- shorten a skirt 将裙子改短
- shorten the span 缩短时间
- 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
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词
～+介词
英英字典
- If you shorten an event or the length of time that something lasts, or if it shortens, it does not last as long as it would otherwise do or as it used to do.
- If you shorten an object or if it shortens, it becomes smaller in length.
- If you shorten a name or other word, you change it by removing some of the letters.
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专业释义
- 使发短音
- 弄短
- 缩短