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
- 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！ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Concentrate on shortening the distance between the cloud and your end users.
侧重于缩短云与您最终用户之间的距离。 - Ensure all test specifications are written and displayed in the same format, shortening spec review time.
确保所有测试规范都以相同的格式编写和显示，以缩短规范的审查时间。 - Reusable assets reduce costs by shortening development cycles.
可重用资产能通过缩短开发周期来减少成本。