foreshortened

英 [fɔːˈʃɔːtnd]

美 [fɔːrˈʃɔːrtnd]

v.  (绘画、摄影等)用透视法缩小(或缩短); 提前结束; 缩短; 节略
foreshorten的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：foreshortened　

COCA.35984

柯林斯词典

• VERB (绘画、摄影等)按透视原理缩小（或缩短);(从特殊角度看)使显得缩小
  Toforeshortensomeone or something means to draw them, photograph them, or see them from an unusual angle so that the parts of them that are furthest away seem smaller than they really are.
  1. She could see herself in the reflecting lenses, which had grotesquely foreshortened her.
     她能够看到自己在反光镜中被缩小的古怪形象。
  2. ...a steeply foreshortened view.
     按透视原理缩小了许多的影像
• VERB 节略;省略;缩短
  Toforeshortensomething means to make it shorter than it would otherwise be.
  1. She felt that her husband's unexpected promotion foreshortened his life.
     她感觉丈夫的意外升迁缩短了他的人生。
  2. ...a foreshortened version of the opera.
     歌剧的精简版本

双语例句

• But from the point of view of the cup, the lid is foreshortened in its direction of motion, vertically.
  但是从杯子的观点看，盖自从它的垂直运动方向被缩短了。
• In other words, troops are fighting across low ridges, operating distances are apt to be foreshortened.
  换句话说，当部队突越较低的山岭时，交战距离通常缩短。
• The other's clock runs slow and the other's meter stick is foreshortened.
  对方的钟走慢了，对方的米尺缩短了。
• In the fresco, the flying figure is severely foreshortened.
  在壁画里，飞行的形象被大大地缩短。
• She could see herself in the reflecting lenses, which had grotesquely foreshortened her.
  她能够看到自己在反光镜中被缩小的古怪形象。
• In this case, the foreshortened meteor flash is right of frame center, below the curving limb of the Earth and a layer of greenish airglow.
  在这种情况下，缩短的流星对框架的中心，在弯曲的肢体的地球和一层绿色的气辉。
• She felt that her husband's unexpected promotion foreshortened his life.
  她感觉丈夫的意外升迁缩短了他的人生。