shorten中文什么意思

vt.
弄短，缩短；减少；使松脆；收(帆)，缩(帆)；给(脱去长的婴孩服)改穿短衣。 shorten one's arm [sword] 缩回胳臂[剑]。 have a coat shortened 把上衣改短。 shorten the arm of 限制…的力量。 shorten a child 给孩子改穿短衣。vi.
变短，缩短，缩小。

• shorten a course:    缩短航程
• shorten a ladder:    缩合梯子
• shorten dramatically:    大为缩短

例句与用法

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1. Minor accidents can shorten the life of a car ..
   小事故会缩短汽车寿命。
2. She shortened the dress .
   她改短了那件衣服。
3. Pollution shortens considerably the life expectancy of a body of water .
   污染使水体的估计寿命大为缩短。
4. When pressure is increased, the ancroid is squeezed, so it shortens .
   当大气压力增加时，膜盒压紧而缩短。
5. Jupiter shortened the spring, and divided the year into four seasons .
   朱庇特缩短了春天，把一年分为四季。

英文释义

动词

1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
   同义词：bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate
2. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
   同义词：abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce
3. become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"
4. make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"
5. make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"

百科释义

Shorten (SHN) is a file format used for compressing audio data. It is a form of data compression of files and is used to losslessly compress CD-quality audio files (44.