shortening
英 [ˈʃɔːtnɪŋ]
美 [ˈʃɔːrtnɪŋ]
n. (制作油酥点心用的)起酥油
v. (使)变短，缩短
shorten的现在分词
现在分词：shortening 复数：shortenings
BNC.33129 / COCA.25891
牛津词典
noun
- （制作油酥点心用的）起酥油
fat that is used for making pastry
柯林斯词典
- (和面团时用的)酥油，起酥油
Shorteningis cooking fat that you use with flour in order to make pastry or dough.
英英释义
noun
- act of decreasing in length
- the dress needs shortening
- fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
双语例句
- It has been shortening the service life of mines because of their low recovery ratio.
乡镇煤矿资源回收率低，严重缩短了矿井的服务年限。 - The aerial can be adjusted to the frequency of those signals by lengthening or shortening the spout.
靠加长或缩短这根水柱，天线就能调节到相应的信号频率。 - It has advantages of simple step, shortening operating time and so on.
本发明具有步骤简单、缩短操作时间等优点。 - It is the important way for shortening drilling cycle and decreasing the drilling cost.
这是缩短钻井周期、降低钻井成本的重要途径。 - Shortening period of product life cycle requires companies to accelerate their technological upgrading.
第二，产品生命周期的缩短，要求企业必须加速技术更新。 - And finally, this paper puts forward some countermeasures of reducing or shortening the lovelorn process.
最后根据信任的特性提出了消除或缩短失恋过程的一些对策。 - There is no doubt that the pressures of adult anxiety are shortening childhood, and squeezing it besides.
毫无疑问，成人的焦虑所产生的压力，缩短了孩童时期，并且压制了它。 - You could start by shortening your lines! I feel like I've waited a lifetime!
你可以从弄短这些队伍开始！我好象等了一辈子一样！ - As soon as this bundle starts, the shortening service will be made available to clients.
只要该bundle一启动，缩写服务就可用了。 - Conclusion Congenital ptosis can be effectively treated by maximum shortening of upper eyelid levator muscle.
目的探讨应用提上睑肌缩短术治疗中重度先天性上睑下垂的效果。