中文词源
shorten 缩短
来自 short,短的，-en,使。
英语词源
- shorten (v.)
- 1510s, "make shorter;" 1560s, "grow shorter," from short (adj.) + -en (1); the earlier form of the verb was simply short, from Old English sceortian "to grow short, become short; run short, fail," gescyrtan "to make short."
权威例句
- 1. As they shorten, 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。
- 2. Her father paid £1,000 for an operation to shorten her nose.
- 她父亲花了1,000英镑给她做了削鼻手术。
- 3. When the days shorten in winter some people suffer depression.
- 冬季天短，有些人会变得抑郁消沉。
- 4. Injury problems could shorten his career.
- 受伤的问题有可能缩短他的职业生涯。
- 5. Minor accidents can shorten the life of a car.
- 小事故会缩短汽车寿命.