1540s, "action of making short," verbal noun from shorten. Meaning "butter or other fat used in baking" (1796) is from shorten in the sense "make crumbly" (1733), from short (adj.) in the secondary sense of "easily crumbled" (early 15c.), which perhaps arose via the notion of "having short fibers." This is the short in shortbread and shortcake.
实用例句
1. Shortening the decision-making process would provide one solution.
缩短决策过程会是一个解决办法。来自柯林斯例句
2. Instead, sarcomere shortening occurs when the thin filaments'slide " by the thick filaments.
此外, 肌节的缩短发生于细肌丝沿粗肌丝“滑行 ” 之际.来自辞典例句
3. Use peanut or safflower oil or solid vegetable shortening for frying.
用花生或红花油,或者食用油来起酥.来自互联网
4. A smooth dough of water, flour, and shortening, used in pastry.
你得先把面粉 、 油脂和水混合制成糊状物, 然后再开始制作面包.来自互联网
5. When shortening , leave your hems wide for the future , she notes.
