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 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。
• 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。
• The distance becomes shortening a lot.
  距离变近了很多。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This type of fat is typically found in margarine, shortening, and hydrogenated cooking oils.
  这种类型的脂肪是通常存在于人造黄油、起酥油、和氢化食用油。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。