| 单词 | shorten |
| 释义 | short·en transitive verb 1. a. < shorten the roads that lead to a profession — J.B.Conant > < voted to shorten the firm name — Wall Street Journal > < shorten a dangerous and costly war — D.H.McLachlan > b. < have tried to shorten or to enliven the tedium of waiting — C.E.Montague > < many a long night he shortened for us with his stories and songs — Michael O'Reilly > c. < found their pleasures shortened by emptiness of purse — J.A.Froude > d. 2. a. < is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem — Isa 50:2 (Revised Standard Version) > b. obsolete < to be known shortens my made intent — Shakespeare > c. 3. < shortened his bat > 4. 5. < shorten pastry with butter > intransitive verb 1. < when lazy summer days begin to cool and shorten — Hugh Cave > 2. of betting odds < looked quickly at the betting … six to one, shortening to eleven to two — Robert Westerby > Synonyms: < shorten a rope > < shorten a war > < shorten the pain by administering drugs > < shorten a life > curtail generally adds to shorten the idea of docking, a cutting that in some way deprives of completeness < emergency orders drastically curtailing the use of fuel — Current Biography > < the country editor curtailed his contributions on large issues — American Guide Series: Minnesota > abbreviate implies a making shorter usually by omitting some part or cutting off some normally following part; thus, one abbreviates a word or phrase by cutting out or cutting off letters in such a way that the remaining part stands for the whole < abbreviate the name Shakespeare to Shak. > < a … man of great physical strength and energy, though of abbreviated intelligence — W.L.Shirer > abridge, sometimes interchangeable with shorten and curtail < abridge visiting hours at the hospital during the epidemic > < abridge freedom of speech > generally suggests reduction in extent, compass, or scope but usually implies the retention of the essential elements and a relative completeness in the result < so fearful of being detected … that I must abridge this narrative — Charles Dickens > < abridge the large volume so that it can be read in one evening > retrench puts stress upon reduction in extent or costs of something felt to be in excess < must retrench on the expenses of her household — Edith Sitwell > < in keeping with the austerity drive the school administration retrenched on our coal supply — Maria Yen > • - shorten sail |
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