shortened
v. 弄短,缩短( shorten的过去式和过去分词 )
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.
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。
If you shorten an object or if it shortens, it becomes smaller in length.
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。
If you shorten a name or other word, you change it by removing some of the letters.
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)。
1. cut short;
2. cut short in duration;
3. shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another;
4. with parts removed;
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)。
The skirts were shortened an inch or two.
这些裙子被改短了一两英寸。
She shortened the skirt by an inch.
她把裙子缩短了一英寸.
Vacations have lengthened and the work week has shortened.
假期延长,工作周就缩短了。
The tailor ripped the hem and shortened the dress.
裁缝拆开下摆将连衫裙收短.