搜尋結果
shorten
- IPA[ˈʃɔːt(ə)n]
英式
- make or become shorter;(with reference to gambling odds) make or become shorter; decrease
verb: shorten, 3rd person present: shortens, gerund or present participle: shortening, past tense: shortened, past participle: shortened
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. make or become shorter he shortened his stride patients whose waiting time had been shortened 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (with reference to gambling odds) make or become shorter; decrease Ladbrokes shortened Nashwan's odds from 2–1 to 7–4 the odds had shortened to 14–1
- ▪ make (a vowel or syllable) short the preceding vowels are shortened
- 2. reduce the amount of (sail spread) before sail could be shortened she went on to her beam ends