縮短
ㄙㄨㄛ ㄉㄨㄢˇ
“to shorten; to reduce; to curtail; to make shorter in length, duration, or extent”
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- 短期ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄧˊshort-term; lasting a brief period; not long-term.
- 短短ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇa very short time; briefly; in just a little while; used to emphasize how brief something is
- 短暫ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄢˋof short duration; brief; momentary; lasting only a short time.
- 縮小ㄙㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄠˇto reduce; to decrease; to shrink; to make smaller; to scale down
- 萎縮ㄨㄟ ㄙㄨㄛto wither; to dry up (of a plant); to shrink or atrophy (of muscle, organ, etc); to decline or diminish (of a custom, economy, etc).
- 收縮ㄕㄡ ㄙㄨㄛto shrink; to contract; to pull back; (physiology) systole.
- 短缺ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄩㄝshortage; a lack or deficiency of something needed or expected.
- 壓縮ㄧㄚ ㄙㄨㄛto compress; to reduce volume or size by applying pressure; to condense or shrink.
- 緊縮ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄙㄨㄛto tighten; to reduce; to cut back; (economics) austerity; a policy of spending less; a period of reduced economic activity
- 縮水ㄙㄨㄛ ㄕㄨㄟˇto shrink (of fabric in the wash); to shrink or be reduced (of profits, value, etc.)