英文字典中文字典


英文字典中文字典51ZiDian.com



中文字典辞典   英文字典 a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h   i   j   k   l   m   n   o   p   q   r   s   t   u   v   w   x   y   z       







请输入英文单字，中文词皆可：

abridge    音标拼音: [əbr'ɪdʒ]
vt. 删节,缩短,剥夺

删节,缩短,剥夺

abridge
v 1: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The
manuscript must be shortened" [synonym: {abridge},
{foreshorten}, {abbreviate}, {shorten}, {cut}, {contract},
{reduce}] [ant: {dilate}, {elaborate}, {enlarge}, {expand},
{expatiate}, {exposit}, {expound}, {flesh out},
{lucubrate}]
2: lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our
freedom of expression"

Abridge \A*bridge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abridged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Abridging}.] [OE. abregen, OF. abregier, F.
abr['e]ger, fr. L. abbreviare; ad brevis short. See {Brief}
and cf. {Abbreviate}.]
1. To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to
diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge
power or rights. "The bridegroom . . . abridged his
visit." --Smollett.
[1913 Webster]

She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her
train from state to necessity. --Fuller.
[1913 Webster]

2. To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining
the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a
history or dictionary.
[1913 Webster]

3. To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by
from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
[1913 Webster]

107 Moby Thesaurus words for "abridge":
abbreviate, abstract, bereave, bleed, blot out, blue-pencil, bob,
boil down, bowdlerize, brief, cancel, capsule, capsulize, censor,
clip, compress, condense, contract, crop, cross out, curtail, cut,
cut back, cut down, cut off, cut off short, cut short, damp,
dampen, decrease, deduct, deflate, delete, depreciate, depress,
deprive, deprive of, digest, diminish, disentitle, divest, dock,
downgrade, drain, ease one of, edit, edit out, elide, epitomize,
erase, expunge, expurgate, foreshorten, kill, lessen,
lighten one of, limit, lower, milk, mine, minify, minimize, mow,
narrow, nip, nutshell, omit, outline, pare, poll, pollard, prune,
reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce, rescind, restrict, retrench,
roll back, rub out, scale down, shave, shear, shorten, simplify,
sketch, sketch out, slash, snub, step down, strike, strike off,
strike out, stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take away from,
take from, take in, tap, telescope, trim, truncate, tune down,
void

安装中文字典英文字典查询工具!


中文字典英文字典工具:
选择颜色:
输入中英文单字

































































英文字典中文字典相关资料:







中文字典-英文字典  2005-2009