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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Software reuse is one of the important methods for improving software quality and shortening software developing period.
软件复用技术是提高软件开发质量，缩短软件开发周期的重要方法之一。 - 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。 - 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。 - You may be having extra cash at some point of time prompting you to shortening the loan duration.
你可能有一些额外的现金促使你点时间缩短贷款期限。 - 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。 - My trousers need shortening.
我的裤子需要改短。