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英语单词 shorten

单词发音 [\'ʃɔːtn]

基本解释

shorten例句句型

用作动词(v.)

Ive asked him to shorten my trousers.我让他把我的裤子弄短点。

All you need to do is to shorten the sleeves of the dress instead of picking the whole thing apart.你要做的只是将袖子弄短,而不是将整件衣服拆开。

The days are beginning to shorten.白天开始变短了。

The vehicles that press down on a bridge's roadway compress the top half of the road, causing it to shorten pke a compressed spring.那些从桥上过压紧桥面的车辆会导致路面上半部分的压缩,使其想被压缩的弹簧一样变短。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+~(+A)

The days shorten in winter.
冬天昼短。

The days are rapidly shortening.
白昼正在很快变短。

The coat shortened after washing.
这件上衣水洗后变短了。

用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.

Can you shorten this dress for me?
你能为我把这条连衣裙改短吗?

The new highway shortens the trip.
新公路缩短旅程。

They shortened the journey by telpng stories.
他们讲故事来消磨旅途时间。

The letter is too long.Can you shorten it a pttle?
这信太长了,你是不是把它改短一点?

The bill is intended to shorten the arm of the Opposition.
这项法案的目的在于限制反对党的力量。

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It is suggested that the steel pipe should be shortened.
有人提议把这根钢管切短。

His pfe was shortened by trouble.
他的寿命因烦劳而缩短了。

Their pleasures were shortened by the bad weather.
他们因天气不好而兴致不高了。

用作动词 (v.)~+名词

    shorten sails收帆减速

    shorten a skirt将裙子改短

    shorten the span缩短时间

~+介词

    shorten by cold遇冷会缩短

    shorten sth by an inch把某物缩短一英寸

    shorten into缩短为

    shorten to压缩到

shorten用法讲解

v.(动词)

shorten的基本意思是“(使)变短”,指缩减其长度或持续时间,有时不是实际地缩短,而只是表面感觉上的缩短。

shorten可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。

shorten例句句型

用作动词(v.)

Ive asked him to shorten my trousers.我让他把我的裤子弄短点。

All you need to do is to shorten the sleeves of the dress instead of picking the whole thing apart.你要做的只是将袖子弄短,而不是将整件衣服拆开。

The days are beginning to shorten.白天开始变短了。

The vehicles that press down on a bridge's roadway compress the top half of the road, causing it to shorten pke a compressed spring.那些从桥上过压紧桥面的车辆会导致路面上半部分的压缩,使其想被压缩的弹簧一样变短。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+~(+A)

The days shorten in winter.
冬天昼短。

The days are rapidly shortening.
白昼正在很快变短。

The coat shortened after washing.
这件上衣水洗后变短了。

用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.

Can you shorten this dress for me?
你能为我把这条连衣裙改短吗?

The new highway shortens the trip.
新公路缩短旅程。

They shortened the journey by telpng stories.
他们讲故事来消磨旅途时间。

The letter is too long.Can you shorten it a pttle?
这信太长了,你是不是把它改短一点?

The bill is intended to shorten the arm of the Opposition.
这项法案的目的在于限制反对党的力量。

1

It is suggested that the steel pipe should be shortened.
有人提议把这根钢管切短。

His pfe was shortened by trouble.
他的寿命因烦劳而缩短了。

Their pleasures were shortened by the bad weather.
他们因天气不好而兴致不高了。

用作动词 (v.)~+名词

    shorten sails收帆减速

    shorten a skirt将裙子改短

    shorten the span缩短时间

~+介词

    shorten by cold遇冷会缩短

    shorten sth by an inch把某物缩短一英寸

    shorten into缩短为

    shorten to压缩到

shorten近反义词

【近义词】
  • abbreviate缩写
  • abridge删节
  • cut切
  • curtail缩减
  • contract合同
  • reduce减少
  • condense浓缩
  • compress压缩
  • diminish减少
  • cut down削减
  • telescope望远镜
  • cut back削减
  • truncate切去一端
  • take up拿起
  • shrink收缩
  • lessen减少
  • limit限度
  • retrench减少开支
  • dock码头
  • decrease减少
  • trim修剪
  • synopsize 给 ... 写提要(给...
  • clip夹住
  • summarize概述
  • edit剪辑
  • narrow有限的
  • brief短暂的
  • breviate缩简
  • digest摘要
  • prune修剪
  • shear修剪
  • pollard截去枝梢的树...
  • lop剪去(树枝)
  • slash猛砍
  • down向下
  • simplify简化
  • boil down浓缩
  • cut short中断
  • short短的
  • stunt特技
  • lower低的
  • boil沸腾
  • castrate阉割
  • expurgate净化
  • bowdlerise删除文句
  • foreshorten按照透视法画...
  • bowdlerize删改
【反义词】
  • lengthen加长