shortened 是 shorten 的過去式、過去分詞shortenKK [ˋʃɔrtən] /ˈʃɔɹtən/發音short 短+-en 使…(動詞)→使變短展開收合short單字短-en字尾使…(動詞)字面:使變短動詞1縮短、減少They shortened the meeting to just twenty minutes.他們把會議縮短到只有二十分鐘。2改短、截短I need to shorten these pants before the interview.我得在面試前把這條長褲改短。3變短、縮短The days shorten quickly once autumn arrives.一入秋,白天就迅速變短。