英语词汇“shortening”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	shortening
释义	Trends of shortening View usage for: shortening (ʃɔːʳtnɪŋ) Word forms: plural shortenings variable noun Shortening is cooking fat that you use with flour in order to make pastry or dough. [mainly US] shortening in British English (ˈʃɔːtənɪŋ) noun butter, lard, or other fat, used in a dough, cake mixture, etc, to make the mixture short shortening in American English (ˈʃɔrtənɪŋ; ˈʃɔrtnɪŋ) noun 1. the act of making or becoming short or shorter 2. edible fat, esp. as used to make pastry, etc. crisp or flaky Examples of 'shortening' in a sentence shortening The bookies would be shortening their odds on a white Christmas. Ruell, Patrick THE ONLY GAME (2001) He lay there for six or seven shortening gasps, while a star, lonely in its solitude, brightened at his zenith. Clive Barker COLDHEART CANYON (2001) - By the way, I do wish there was some way of shortening your name. Brent-Dyer, Elinor ADRIENNE AND THE CHALET SCHOOL (2001) The days were shortening now, the nights were cooling, and likewise the afternoons. Lois McMaster Bujold THE CURSE OF CHALION (2001)
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