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shorten v.弄短；变短 (1) 我让他把我的裤子弄短点。(2) 你要做的只是将袖子弄短，而不是将整件衣服拆开。(3) 白天开始变短了。(4) 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。

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英 ['ʃɔːtn] 美 ['ʃɔːrtn] (1) Ive asked him to shorten my trousers.(2) All you need to do is to shorten the sleeves of the dress instead of picking the whole thing apart.(3) The days are beginning to shorten.(4) The vehicles that press down on a bridge's roadway compress the top half of the road, causing it to shorten like a compressed spring. 1[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)时间变短；缩短(…的时间) If you shorten an event or the length of time that something lasts, or if it shortens, it does not last as long as it would otherwise do or as it used to do.   [V n]  [V]Smoking can shorten your life...吸烟会缩短你的寿命。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。When the days shorten in winter some people suffer depression.冬季天短，有些人会变得抑郁消沉。2[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]缩短…的长度；(物体)变短 If you shorten an object or if it shortens, it becomes smaller in length.   [V n]  [V]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。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。3[VERB 动词]缩写，缩短(名字等) If you shorten a name or other word, you change it by removing some of the letters.   [V n]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)。4 to shorten the odds→see: odds；

英语单词	shorten
英美音标	英 ['ʃɔːtn] 美 ['ʃɔːrtn]
中文释义	v.弄短；变短
英语例句	(1) Ive asked him to shorten my trousers. (2) All you need to do is to shorten the sleeves of the dress instead of picking the whole thing apart. (3) The days are beginning to shorten. (4) The vehicles that press down on a bridge's roadway compress the top half of the road, causing it to shorten like a compressed spring.
中文例句	(1) 我让他把我的裤子弄短点。 (2) 你要做的只是将袖子弄短，而不是将整件衣服拆开。 (3) 白天开始变短了。 (4) 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。
柯林斯解释	1 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)时间变短；缩短(…的时间) If you shorten an event or the length of time that something lasts, or if it shortens, it does not last as long as it would otherwise do or as it used to do. [V n] [V] Smoking can shorten your life... 吸烟会缩短你的寿命。 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。 When the days shorten in winter some people suffer depression. 冬季天短，有些人会变得抑郁消沉。 2 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]缩短…的长度；(物体)变短 If you shorten an object or if it shortens, it becomes smaller in length. [V n] [V] 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。 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。 3 [VERB 动词]缩写，缩短(名字等) If you shorten a name or other word, you change it by removing some of the letters. [V n] 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)。 4 to shorten the odds→see: odds ；

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