shorten信息详情
vt.缩短；减少；变短
vi.缩短；变短
shortens───vt.缩短；减少；变短；vi.缩短；变短
chorten───n.圣骨冢；神龛；纪念碑
shorted───adj.短路的；v.短路；卖空商品（或券证）（short的过去分词形式）
shorter───adj.较短的；更短的；更矮的（short的比较级）；n.(Shorter)人名；(英)肖特
shortened───缩短的；短路的
shortener───n.缩短器；搅面机；油缩机
shoremen───陆上工作人员
shortest───adj.最短的
shorties───矮子；特别短的东西（尤指衣服）；短裤；短篇小说；短文；电影短片（shorty的名词复数）
Injury problems could shorten his career.───受伤的问题有可能缩短他的职业生涯。
In November the temperatures drop and the days shorten.───十一月气温下降，白天变短。
Smoking can shorten your life.───吸烟会缩短你的寿命。
At once he began to shorten sail, to invest only in the soundest securities, and to convert all his weaker ones into cash.───他马上开始收缩资金，只投资在最可靠的证券上，并把他所有比较不可靠的证券都变成了现金。
He said he also tried to encourage engineers to take more risks and shorten development times, which he said has paid off.───他说，他还力图鼓励工程师更多地冒险，并缩短开发周期，并说这种努力取得了成效。
One of these was the tendency to shorten words which should have kept their full polysyllabic dignity.───其中之一就是短化单词的倾向，而单词本应一直保持其多音节的高贵的。
Shorten the hems on your bargain pants and you'll look chic rather than vaguely like you're trying to sweep the streets.───把你的便宜裤子边弄短，你就能看起来更时髦，反正比看起来像在清扫大街强。
Also, if you do not wish to use the same number of containers in test that are in production, shorten the list and use fewer containers.───同样，如果您不希望在测试中使用与生产中相同数目的容器，就缩短列表并使用较少容器。
But it is already a great step forward to be able to shorten the time lag between the settlements of the two legs of the transactions.───但能够缩短交易中两个部分的交收时间差距，已是向前迈出了一大步。