及物动词

1. (使)时间变短;缩短(…的时间)
[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;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.

2. 缩短…的长度;(物体)变短
[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;If you shorten an object or if it shortens, it becomes smaller in length.

3. 缩写,缩短(名字等)
[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;If you shorten a name or other word, you change it by removing some of the letters.

4. to shorten the odds -[…]gt; see odds

1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;e.g. bowdlerize a novel

[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;Synonym: bowdlerizebowdleriseexpurgatecastrate

2. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;e.g. The manuscript must be shortened

[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;Synonym: abridgeforeshortenabbreviatecutcontractreduce

3. become short or shorter

[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;e.g. In winter, the days shorten

4. make shorter than originally intended
[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;reduce or retrench in length or duration

[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;e.g. He shortened his trip due to illness

5. make short or shorter

[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;e.g. shorten the skirt
[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;shorten the rope by a few inches