单词 | life-shortening |
释义 | > as lemmaslife-shortening life-shortening adj. ΚΠ 1688 R. Steele Disc. Old-age ii. 35 And on the other hand, all those destroying, and life-shortning Diseases mention'd. 1798 J. Middleton View Agric. Middlesex 109 The life-shortening effects of such confinement. 1888 Times 9 June 17/3 The moulding is done mechanically and the blowing by means of compressed air, thus relieving the glassblower of his unhealthy and life-shortening occupation. 2007 Health & Med. Week (Nexis) 24 Dec. 220 Major depression is a serious, debilitating, life-shortening illness that affects millions of people worldwide. < as lemmas |
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