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shortening

/shawrt-ning, shawr-tn-ing/US // ˈʃɔrt nɪŋ, ˈʃɔr tn ɪŋ //UK // (ˈʃɔːtənɪŋ) //

短链,短裤,短发,短信

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
    • : Phonetics. the act, process, or an instance of making or becoming short.
    • : Linguistics. the act or process of dropping one or more syllables from a word or phrase to form a shorter word with the same meaning, as in forming piano from pianoforte or phone from telephone.clipped form.

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Examples

  • The pandemic has also played a role, limiting international sales and shortening vendor and publishing staffs worldwide.

  • Then add water — cold water so the shortening won’t melt until it hits the oven — and work it in until the dough is just wet enough to hold itself together.

  • The team speculates that recent research on telomere shortening that makes similar lifespan estimates suggests this could be a promising avenue for this search.

  • The shortening ensures that the centers of the cookies remain soft.

  • It’s been the general consensus that cooler temperatures and shortening day lengths are the main signals that trees use to decide when to drop their leaves.

  • Remove the butter and shortening from the freezer, and toss them with the dry ingredients, coating them well.

  • The RNC report recommends cutting the number of debates in half and shortening the debating season.

  • And in the world of quantitative investing, even unpublished strategies have ever-shortening shelf-lives.

  • From freeing prisoners to shortening school weeks, Benjamin Sarlin presents 10 of the toughest cuts.

  • A law is being considered that would allow the shortening of the 30-day notice period required to get married.

  • It is true that up to a certain point shortening the hours of labor actually increases the total product.

  • We ought to attempt such a shortening as will strain the machine to a breaking point, but never break it.

  • The shortening of the general hours of work, then, should be among the primary aims of social reform.

  • In the leaping kangaroo and jerboa a shortening of the arms and lengthening of the legs appear.

  • Let us, therefore, by calling on Mary for help, do our part toward shortening the days of visitation and trial.

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