"He shortened his trip due to illness"
"The manuscript must be shortened"
"shorten the skirt"
"shorten the rope by a few inches"
"In winter, the days shorten"
"bowdlerize a novel"
1.(使)时间变短;缩短(…的时间)
If youshorten an event or the length of time that something lasts, or if itshortens, it does not last as long as it would otherwise do or as it used to do.
e.g. Smoking canshorten your life...
吸烟会缩短你的寿命。
e.g. The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labor Day holiday...
因庆祝劳工节,这个交易日交易时间缩短了。
2.缩短…的长度;(物体)变短
If youshorten an object or if itshortens, it becomes smaller in length.
e.g. Her father paid £1,000 for an operation toshorten her nose...
她父亲花了 1,000 英镑给她做了削鼻手术。
e.g. As theyshorten, cells become more prone to disease and death.
细胞变小后就会更容易感染疾病,也更容易死亡。
3.缩写,缩短(名字等)
If youshorten a name or other word, you change it by removing some of the letters.
shorten的解释
e.g. Originally called Lili, she eventually shortened her name to Lee.
她原先叫 Lili (莉莉),最后她把名字略作 Lee (李)。
4. toshorten the odds -> see odds
1. 缩短:庄家一般来讲,当他发现赌资的比重分布不均匀时,都会用降低赔率价格(或者说是缩短(shorten)赔率)来达到阻碍更多的赌资的加入. 但是,在如上的情况下,庄家是没有啥办法来调控了,除非他宣布不再接受新的赌注了,
2. 减低......效能:settle 解决(问题等) |shorten 减低......效能 | show 显示,表明