| 单词 | to shorten up | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shorten up  d.  With reference to linear measurement.  †to shorten up: to contract, draw together. †to shorten by the head: to behead (cf. short adj. 2, short v.1 2c). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent			[verb (transitive)]		 > contract or shrink inknitc1374 drawc1390 shrinka1398 strain1398 to shorten up1530 contrahe1540 to gather up1553 to draw in1572 contract1604 constringe1652 purse1668 constrain1697 undistend1868 collapse1908 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill			[verb (transitive)]		 > by beheading to lash offc1330 whipc1380 off-whipa1400 to shorten by the head1530 firkc1540 to short (a person) by the head or knees1548 neckc1712 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > make short(er)			[verb (transitive)]		 short1398 shorten1530 stump1596 snub1615 to take up1624 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > lack of height > make low(er)			[verb (transitive)]		 depress1526 shorten1530 lower1858 1530    J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 704/2  				A tall man may shorten hym selfe so moche that he shall nat seme so hye as a childe. 1555    R. Eden tr.  Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 243  				They had shortened the course of the landes he had discouered. 1569    R. Grafton Chron. II. 662  				There his body was shortned, by the length of his hed. a1616    W. Shakespeare Tempest 		(1623)	  iv. i. 257  				Goe, charge my Goblins that they..shorten vp their sinewes With aged  Cramps.       View more context for this quotation 1791    G. Wallis Motherby's New Med. Dict. 		(ed. 3)	 at Musculus  				A muscle..can contract itself so as to be shortened one third. 1798    S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in  H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 106  				The tour..they must now necessarily shorten. 1860    J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps  i. xvi. 107  				This we crossed in order to shorten our way. 1883    Manch. Guard. 15 Oct. 5/7  				To shorten the course of the river from London Bridge to Gravesend by 2½ miles. 1912    T. D. Atkinson Eng. & Welsh Cathedrals 179  				Shortening the total length of the church by about 37 feet. < as lemmas  | 
	
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