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 has advantages of simple step, shortening operating time and so on.
  本发明具有步骤简单、缩短操作时间等优点。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Shortening the development life cycle.
  缩短开发生命周期。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A dough of flour and water and shortening.
  面粉、水和酥松油脂和成的生面团。