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。
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" 同义词：bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate,
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" 同义词：abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce,
become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"
make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"
make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
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.
例句与用法
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Minor accidents can shorten the life of a car .. 小事故会缩短汽车寿命。
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She shortened the dress . 她改短了那件衣服。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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Particularly cigarette smoking is associated with a shortened life expectancy . 尤其是吸卷烟会缩短人的概率寿命。
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Logarithms were invented to shorten the work of extended numerical computation . 人们发明对数来缩短运算冗长的数值计算工作。
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These symbols provide a convenient shortened reference to the actual class names . 这些符号为实际的类名提供了一种便利简短的代号。
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Since silver is a very good conductor, the points of each silver rod have been shortened . 由于银是很好的导体，每个银棒的两端都被短接。
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This period would, of course, be shortened by any preliminary work and thought . 这个期限当然还可以由事先有所准备和有所考虑而得以缩短。
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