shortening

🇬🇧/ˈʃɔːtnɪŋ/ 🇺🇸/ˈʃɔːrtnɪŋ/ 32
Shortening is cooking fat that you use with flour in order to make pastry or dough. 酥油

noun [具体名词](制作油酥点心用的)起酥油;缩短;缩略词

We discussed shortening the length of the course.
我们就缩短这门课程的时限进行了讨论。

verb [vt. 及物动词](使)缩短,变短,缩写;缩帆;(赌博赔率)缩小;使(元音、音节)发短音(shorten 的现在分词)

Shortening the development life cycle.
缩短开发生命周期。

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