overshorten

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˌəʊ.vəˈʃɔː.tən/    美 /ˌoʊ.vɚˈʃɔɹ.tən/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To shorten too much; make excessively or inappropriately short. transitive
    — This plant has only a certain capacity for daylight, and to overshorten the nights would injure it.

词形变化

overshortens present,singular,third-person overshortening participle,present overshortened participle,past overshortened past

词源

From over- + shorten.
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