shortened

英 [ˈʃɔːtnd]

美 [ˈʃɔːrtnd]

v.  (使)变短，缩短
shorten的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：shortened　过去式：shortened　

BNC.20084 / COCA.19816

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)时间变短;缩短(…的时间)
  If youshortenan event or the length of time that something lasts, or if itshortens, it does not last as long as it would otherwise do or as it used to do.
  1. Smoking can shorten your life...
     吸烟会缩短你的寿命。
  2. The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labor Day holiday...
     因庆祝劳工节，这个交易日交易时间缩短了。
  3. When the days shorten in winter some people suffer depression.
     冬季天短，有些人会变得抑郁消沉。
• V-ERG 缩短…的长度;(物体)变短
  If youshortenan object or if itshortens, it becomes smaller in length.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• VERB 缩写,缩短(名字等)
  If youshortena name or other word, you change it by removing some of the letters.
  1. Originally called Lili, she eventually shortened her name to Lee.
     她原先叫 Lili (莉莉)，最后她把名字略作 Lee (李)。
• toshorten the odds→ see:odds

英英释义

adj

• with parts removed
  1. the drastically cut film
  Synonym:cut
• cut short
  1. a sawed-off shotgun
  2. a sawed-off broomstick
  3. the shortened rope was easier to use
  Synonym:sawed-offsawn-off
• shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another
  1. a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars
  2. years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream
  Synonym:telescoped
• cut short in duration
  1. the abbreviated speech
  2. her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking
  3. an unsatisfactory truncated conversation
  Synonym:abbreviatedtruncated

双语例句

• The coat shortened after washing.
  这件上衣水洗后变短了。
• She shortened the dress.
  她改短了那件衣服。
• The payback period will be shortened up to2 months.
  投资回收期将被缩短到两个月。
• Time to market for products and services is shortened and the cost of development and change process is reduced.
  缩短了产品和服务的上市时间，降低了开发与改变流程的成本。
• Note the shortened and thickened chordae tendineae.
  注意腱索缩短和变厚了。
• We must have this drill pipe shortened.
  我们必须把这根钻杆截短。
• The skirts were shortened an inch or two.
  这些裙子被改短了一两英寸。
• Maybe it is because we shortened the pre-season this year and made it more intense.
  也许这是因为我们缩短了赛季前的休假并使季前赛事根剧烈所造成的。
• She shortened the skirt by an inch.
  她把裙子缩短了一英寸。
• They shortened the time and distance.
  她们让时间和距离变短。