| 词汇 | shortened |
| 释义 | shortened past simple and past participle ofshorten 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 level longish low low slung shallow shallowness short short-range shorten shortness shorty squatty stumpy stunted titch You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Knitting & sewing Examples of shortenedshortened In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. For example, some didactic presentations were shortened to avoid redundancy and give more time for experiential exercises and discussions, as per the nurses' suggestions. The authors wish to thank the referees for their comments and suggestions which greatly shortened and simplified the paper. Besides, contractions resort to apostrophes to indicate that one of the source constituents has been shortened. Although detailed and careful instructions were required, there was little difficulty in administering the shortened form of this test to children. Prior to acquisition of desiccation tolerance, seeds produced seedlings with either shortened radicle tips, unexpanded hypocotyls or folded cotyledons. This was not affected by respiration in normals, but shortened significandy during inspiration in the patients. In the third section, 'matter/mater/meter/muthos' is progressively broken up and fragmented into shortened syllables, while the trombone sings and plays simultaneously. Finally, all the investigated prescriptions included a high percentage of cut and/or shortened words. Note that if either of these perspectives is taken, the causal chain has effectively been shortened and has acquired new beginning and end points. Samples were shortened when children refused to participate further in the play activity. The time needed for development is shortened significantly. Even in 1872 the medical officers had employed a shortened version of the extensive classification scheme which formed the basis for the 1876 system. To justify this assumption under conditions of high inflation, the accounting period must be shortened to a quarter, a month, or possibly a week. Thus, the output documents were shortened even further. Shortened duration of untreated first episode of psychosis : changes in patient characteristics at treatment. 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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