| 单词 | foreshorten |
| 释义 | foreshorten (once / 11657 pages) 1v 2v WORD FAMILY foreshorten: foreshortened, foreshortening, foreshortens+/short: shorted, shorten, shorter, shortest, shorting, shortish, shortly, shortness, shorts/shorten: foreshorten, shortened, shortener, shortening, shortens/shortener: shorteners/shortening: shortenings USAGE EXAMPLESThey were ideal for observation of tropical weather systems, but images of high-latitude features were severely foreshortened. Salon(Oct 07, 2016) Mrs. Meyer is seen with extreme foreshortening, one dainty, jeweled shoe resting on a footstool in the foreground. New York Times(Sep 29, 2016) And the foreshortened, oversized hand is an obvious deviation from the consensus we call reality. The New Yorker(Aug 29, 2016) 1 v shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth 2Hyper shorten make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration v reduce in scope while retaining essential elements Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, reduce, shorten cut, edit, edit out cut and assemble the components of dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate concentrate, condense, digestmake more concise capsule, capsulise, capsulize, encapsulateput in a short or concise form; reduce in volume telescopemake smaller or shorter decrease, lessen, minify make smaller |
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