shorten是什么意思_shorten的翻译

shorten [ˈʃɔ:rtn]

vt.& vi. 缩短，变短;

过去式：: shortened 过去分词：: shortened 现在分词：: shortening 第三人称单数：: shortens

[同义词] 减少,节省,裁减,修剪,缝边: limit retrench trim lessen down cut shrink contract dock clip short decrease reduce diminish prune pollard slash lop curtail shear

[同义词] 省略,缩短,压缩,摘要: shrink compress edit abridge synopsize summarize condense abbreviate brief boil digest narrow down breviate

[反义词] 弄短;减小;收帆: lengthen expand extend

Driving a cab tends to shorten your life span.
来自S. Terkel
As they shorten, cells become more prone to disease and death.
细胞变小后就会更容易感染疾病，也更容易死亡。
Her father paid £1,000 for an operation to shorten her nose.
她父亲花了1,000英镑给她做了削鼻手术。
When the days shorten in winter some people suffer depression.
冬季天短，有些人会变得抑郁消沉。
Wouldn't 'shorten life' cover it in any case?
来自SA
He hit upon the idea of endnotes to shorten it.
来自NEWYORKER
The days shorten in winter.
冬天昼短。
来自《权威词典》
The coat shortened after washing.
这件上衣水洗后变短了。
来自《权威词典》
The days are rapidly shortening.
白昼正在很快变短。
来自《权威词典》

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