• vt. 縮短；減少；變短
• vi. 縮短；變短

來自 short,短的，-en,使。

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."

1. As they shorten, cells become more prone to disease and death.

細胞變小后就會更容易感染疾病，也更容易死亡。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Her father paid ￡1,000 for an operation to shorten her nose.

她父親花了1,000英鎊給她做了削鼻手術。

來自柯林斯例句

3. When the days shorten in winter some people suffer depression.

冬季天短，有些人會變得抑郁消沉。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Injury problems could shorten his career.

受傷的問題有可能縮短他的職業生涯。

來自《權威詞典》

5. Minor accidents can shorten the life of a car.

小事故會縮短汽車壽命.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》