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

• It would be much more useful if we delay creating the shorten command until the shortening service was available.
  如果我们把创建shorten命令延迟到shortening服务可用之后会很有用。
• 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。
• A dough of flour and water and shortening.
  面粉、水和酥松油脂和成的生面团。
• My trousers need shortening.
  我的裤子需要改短。
• Shortening the decision-making process would provide one solution.
  缩短决策过程会是一个解决办法。
• 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。
• 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。
• Conclusion: Greatly increased the use of chymotrypsin hematoma absorption rate, shortening the time residual hematoma in the brain, reducing hospital costs and hospital stay.
  结论：使用糜蛋白酶大大提高了血肿的吸收速度，缩短了血肿在脑内残留时间，减少了住院费用和住院时间。
• 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。
• 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！