foreshortens

英 [fɔːˈʃɔːtnz] 美 [fɔːrˈʃɔːrtnz]

v.  (绘画、摄影等)用透视法缩小(或缩短); 提前结束; 缩短; 节略
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  1. 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
    To foreshorten someone 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
  2. VERB 节略;省略;缩短
    To foreshorten something 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
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