foreshorten

英 [fɔː'ʃɔːtn] 美 [fɔːr'ʃɔːrtn]

• vt. 按照透视法画；缩短；省略

英英释义

Verb:

1. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;

   "The manuscript must be shortened"
   

2. shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth

经典引文

• The best of the painters could not even foreshorten the foot.

  出自： J. Reynolds

• Little men and women, foreshortened from this height, hurried along by the railings.

  出自： V. Woolf

近反义词

【近义词】

• contract 合同
• cut 切
• abridge 删节
• abbreviate 缩写
• shorten 弄短
• reduce 减少