| 例句 |
verb shorten (something) Injury problems could shorten his career. 受伤的问题有可能缩短他的职业生涯。 a shortened version of the game简化了的比赛 In November the temperatures drop and the days shorten. 十一月气温下降，白天变短。 shorten something to something Her name's Katherine, generally shortened to Kay. 她名叫凯瑟琳，通常简称凯。 The course has now been shortened considerably. The waiting time has been shortened dramatically from eight weeks to just one week. In November the temperature drops and the days shorten. Katherine generally shortens her name to Kay. The distance between the cars shortened. They performed a shortened version of the play in just 40 minutes. They say that each cigarette you smoke shortens your life by five minutes. |