shorten

shorten /'ʃɔ:tn/
  • ngoại động từ
    • thu ngắn lại, thu hẹp vào
    • mặc quần soóc (cho trẻ em)
    • cho mỡ (vào bánh cho xốp giòn)
    • nội động từ
      • ngắn lại
     rút ngắn
    Lĩnh vực: điện lạnh
     co (ngắn)
    Lĩnh vực: xây dựng
     làm ngắn lại
     cho mỡ

    Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): short, shortage, shortness, shorts, shorten, short, shortish, shortly

    Xem thêm: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce, bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate



    shorten

    Từ điển Collocation

    shorten verb

    ADV. considerably, dramatically, significantly The course has now been shortened considerably.

    PREP. by His driving ban has been shortened by a year. | from, to The waiting time has been shortened dramatically from eight weeks to just one week.

    Từ điển WordNet

      v.

    • make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration

      He shortened his trip due to illness

    • reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce

      The manuscript must be shortened

    • make short or shorter

      shorten the skirt

      shorten the rope by a few inches

    • become short or shorter

      In winter, the days shorten

    • edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate

      bowdlerize a novel

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    shortens|shortened|shortening
    ant.: lengthen