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
- 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。 - Shortening the development life cycle.
缩短开发生命周期。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The distance becomes shortening a lot.
距离变近了很多。 - 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。 - As soon as this bundle starts, the shortening service will be made available to clients.
只要该bundle一启动，缩写服务就可用了。 - Shortening the decision-making process would provide one solution.
缩短决策过程会是一个解决办法。