| 词汇 | shorten |
| 释义 | shorten verb[ I or T ] uk /ˈʃɔː.tən/ us /ˈʃɔːr.tən/ C1 to become shorter or to make something shorter: （使）变短，（使）缩短 As you grow older, your spine shortens by about an inch.随着年龄变老，你的脊柱将缩短约1英寸。 I've asked him to shorten my grey trousers.我已经请他把我的灰色裤子改短一些。 The name William is often shortened to Bill.“威廉”这个名字经常被简称为“比尔”。 to be the abbreviation for something be an/the abbreviation forDST is the abbreviation for daylight saving time. stand forGPS stands for "Global Positioning System". short for somethingJo is short for Josephine. be abbreviated toThe word "immunoglobulin" is often abbreviated to "Ig". be shortened toThe word "propeller" is often shortened to "prop". Low, short and shallow a step downidiom ankle-deep brief fubsy knee-high longish low low slung shallow shallowly shallowness short-range shortish shortness shorty squatly squatty stumpy stunted sunken You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Knitting & sewing shorten | American Dictionaryshorten verb[ T ] us/ˈʃɔr·tən/ shortenverb[T] (LENGTH)to make something shorter in length, distance, or height: I’d like to have this jacket shortened by about two inches. shortenverb[T] (TIME)to make something shorter in time: A high school knee injury probably shortened his football career. Examples of shortenshorten Despite shortening the interval from trying to treatment, the outcome dramatically worsens. For example, some didactic presentations were shortened to avoid redundancy and give more time for experiential exercises and discussions, as per the nurses' suggestions. Other important factors mentioned as causes of shortening fallow were adverse weather and persistent wild fires. The authors wish to thank the referees for their comments and suggestions which greatly shortened and simplified the paper. The editor reserves the right to shorten letters. Rules 5 and 6 shorten the paths involved in a constraint by moving the constraint inside the sub-signature that corresponds to the path. Antidepressive treatment can shorten a period of depression, thus easing what is often a painful and socially disabling state for patients with depression. M-mode measurements of left ventricular end-diastolic dimension and left ventricular shortening fraction were obtained from the parasternal short-axis view. Early growth determines longevity in male rats and may be related to telomere shortening in the kidney. Therefore, the role of telomere shortening in mice is likely not to have the same relevance as in humans. The regressions included dummy variables for each of the 17 chronic conditions, but those results were omitted to shorten the table. The paper is long, with much experimental data which a modern editor might shorten or omit. An important objective of switching to activity-based payments was to try to shorten waiting lists and improve incentives for facilities to treat more patients. This was not affected by respiration in normals, but shortened significandy during inspiration in the patients. Speakers can (unconsciously) bring this about by shortening earlier overt markers, or by using the most frequent form as the base for new formations. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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