To make short or shorter in time, extent, or measure. 使短缩。 Pleasant companionship shortens a journey. 有良伴同行，旅程似觉缩短。 Shorten the report by five pages. 把报告减少五页。 To contract; take in, as a sail. 缩；收(如帆)。 To make crisp or brittle, as pastry, by using butter, lard, etc. 使脆(如糕饼之加以牛油、猪油等)。 She used butter to shorten her cakes. 她用牛油使饼松脆。 To grow or become shorter or briefer. 缩短。 The days shorten in November. 十一月白昼缩短。 |