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

clip¹

telescope

lower¹

decrease¹

stunt²

反义:

vt.vi.弄短; 减小; 收帆

lengthen

extend

expand

反义参见:

protract

prolong