shorten

shorten

过去式：shortened

过去分词：shortened

现在进行时：shortening

词形变化：

名词: shortener | 动词过去式: shortened | 动词过去分词: shortened | 动词现在分词: shortening | 动词第三人称单数: shortens |

同义词：

abbreviate | abridge | cut | curtail | contract | reduce | condense | compress | diminish | cut down | telescope | cut back | truncate | take up | shrink | lessen | limit | retrench | dock | decrease | trim | synopsize | clip | summarize | edit | narrow | brief | breviate | digest | prune | shear | pollard | lop | slash | down | simplify | boil down | cut short | short | stunt | lower | boil | castrate | expurgate | bowdlerise | foreshorten | bowdlerize |

反义词：

lengthen |

词义辨析：

同义:

v.省略, 缩短, 压缩, 摘要

abbreviate  condense  compress  abridge  narrow  shrink  breviate  synopsize  summarize  digest  brief  boil down  edit  

v.减少, 节省, 裁减, 修剪, 缝边

reduce  lessen  decrease  contract  dock  curtail  limit  cut  cut down  cut short  retrench  clip  shear  trim  prune  lop  pollard  diminish  slash  shrink  

同义参见:

simplify  clip  telescope  lower  decrease  stunt  

反义:

vt.vi.弄短; 减小; 收帆

lengthen  extend  expand  

反义参见:

protract  prolong