| 单词 | to shorten |
| 例句 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔SHORT〕I heard she had an operation to shorten her nose. 我听说她动手术把鼻子做短了。朗文写作活用〔SHORT〕This essay's still too long, I'll have to shorten it by a couple of thousand words. 这篇论文还是太长，我得把它缩短几千字。朗文写作活用〔choke〕Sports To shorten one's grip on the handle of a bat or racket.【体育运动】 短握：在球棒或球拍把手上缩短握拍距离美国传统〔clip〕To shorten (a word or words) by leaving out letters or syllables.省略，简略：通过去除字母或音节来缩短（单词）美国传统〔contract〕Grammar To shorten (a word or words) by omitting or combining some of the letters or sounds.【语法】 略语：通过省略或结合某些字母或音素使（一个或几个单词）缩短美国传统〔cut〕To shorten by cutting; prune.修剪：通过切割来缩短；修剪美国传统〔feather〕To shorten and taper (hair) by cutting and thinning.剪短，剪薄：剪成薄的以使（头发）变短变细、变薄美国传统〔foreshorten〕To shorten the lines of (an object) in a drawing or other representation so as to produce an illusion of projection or extension in space.用透视法显示（物体）：在绘画等中按远近比例缩小（物体），以产生空间突起或突出的错觉美国传统〔reef〕To shorten (a topmast or bowsprit) by taking part of it in.缩桅：通过收回一部分的方法来缩短（中桅或船首斜桁）美国传统〔sheepshank〕A knot used to shorten a line.用来缩短线的结扣美国传统〔shorten〕He had to shorten the speech.他不得不缩短演讲的时间。韦氏高阶〔shorten〕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。柯林斯高阶〔shorten〕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。剑桥高阶〔shorten〕She tried to shorten the waiting time at the dentist's by reading a magazine.她翻阅一本杂志,试图以此来使在牙科诊所等待的时间过得快些。英汉大词典〔syncopate〕Grammar To shorten (a word) by syncope.【语法】 词中省略，中略：由中略将（一个词）缩短美国传统〔truncate〕To shorten (a number) by dropping one or more digits after the decimal point.通过减少小数点后位数来缩短（数字）美国传统〔viewpoint〕To include as many viewpoints as possible, the editor reserves the right to shorten letters.为了能包括尽可能多的观点，编辑保留对信件进行删节的权力。柯林斯高阶〔viewpoint〕To include as many viewpoints as possible, the editor reserves the right to shorten letters.为了能包括尽可能多的观点, 编辑保留对信件进行删节的权利。外研社新世纪I've asked him to shorten my grey trousers.我让他把我的灰色裤子改短。剑桥国际If you want to live to a ripe old age, giving up smoking does tend to shorten the odds.如果你想活到高龄，戒烟往往确实增加了这种可能性。剑桥国际We are trying to shorten our product-development cycle.我们正在设法缩短产品的开发周期。牛津商务 |
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