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

• 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）。
• Their research showed that cells age if telomeres are shortened.
  他们的研究表明，细胞的年龄，如果端粒变短。
• The new equipment and technologies have dramatically increased the reliability of satellite launches and greatly shortened the time for launch preparation.
  新的技术和设备极大的提高了卫星发射的可靠性，也大大的缩短了发射准备时间。
• 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。
• She shortened the dress.
  她改短了那件衣服。
• JOHN today to come back, waiting for the day and shortened.
  JOHN今天要回来了，等待的日子又缩短了。
• His reception there shortened the odds that he might be the next Tory leader.
  他在那里得到的反应使他更有望成为英国保守党下一任领导人。
• 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。
• The payback period will be shortened up to2 months.
  投资回收期将被缩短到两个月。
• The tailor shortened the ( sleeves) of his shirt.
  裁缝把他衬衫的袖子改短了。