short·en
verb/ˈʃɔːtn/
/ˈʃɔːrtn/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they shorten | /ˈʃɔːtn/ /ˈʃɔːrtn/ |
| he / she / it shortens | /ˈʃɔːtnz/ /ˈʃɔːrtnz/ |
| past simple shortened | /ˈʃɔːtnd/ /ˈʃɔːrtnd/ |
| past participle shortened | /ˈʃɔːtnd/ /ˈʃɔːrtnd/ |
| -ing form shortening | /ˈʃɔːtnɪŋ/ /ˈʃɔːrtnɪŋ/ |
- to make something shorter; to become shorter
（使）变短，缩短 - 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 Kate.
她名叫凯瑟琳，常被简称作凯特。
Extra Examples- The course has now been shortened considerably.
该课程现在已大大缩短了。 - The waiting time has been shortened dramatically from eight weeks to just one week.
等待的时间已大大缩短，从 8 周降到只需 1 周。 - They say that each cigarette you smoke shortens your life by five minutes.
他们说，你每吸一支烟，你的寿命就会缩短五分钟。 - The distance between the cars shortened.
车与车之间的距离缩短了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
- dramatically
- drastically
- …
- by
- from
- to
- …
- shorten (something) Injury problems could shorten his career.