shorten

Các nghĩa

1. rút ngắn, viết tắt

   To make shorter; to abbreviate.

   transitive

   Telomeres shorten as we age.

   How can you shorten this cable?

   This way we can shorten the distance.

2. ngắn lại

   To become shorter.

   intransitive

3. làm thiếu hụt, tước đoạt

   To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).

   transitive

   Spoiled of his nose, and shorten'd of his ears.

4. làm cho bở, xốp (bánh ngọt)

   To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.

   transitive

5. giảm bớt, thu hẹp

   To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.

   transitive

   to shorten an allowance of food

   Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am shortened by my chain.

   My grandfather, as I said before, was connected with a gang of shorters, and sometimes shortened money, […]

6. làm vụn, làm bở

   To make crumbly.

   transitive

   Corn flour makes delicious pie crust, and needs less lard to shorten it.

Dạng khác

• shortens present, singular, third-person
• shortening participle, present
• shortened participle, past