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　

化学

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
  1. the dress needs shortening
• fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods

双语例句

• 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。
• Options, directives, and functions continue to simplify programming tasks, shortening development time and reducing risk.
  选项、指令和函数继续简化了编程任务，从而缩短了编程时间并减少了风险。
• Hypertension in children is a very frightening and potentially life shortening condition.
  高血压儿童是一个很可怕的潜在寿命缩短的情况。
• 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 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。
• It's only when we start the shortening services that the shorten command is registered.
  只有当我们启动针对shorten命令所注册的shortening服务时才行。
• Reuse was always one of the ways of improving implementation of new applications and shortening development cycle.
  重用始终是改善新应用程序的实现和缩短开发周期的方法之一。
• CUTS to school staff have forced a primary head teacher to consider shortening her pupils'lunch hour and school day.
  学校工作人员的裁减，迫使小学班主任考虑缩短学生的午餐时间和授课时间。
• Future research should target shortening process and reducing pollution, particularly the discharge of carbon during the recovery process.
  今后的研究方向应是缩短工艺流程，减少环境污染，尤其要减少回收过程中的碳排放。
• My trousers need shortening.
  我的裤子需要改短。