abridge
中文来自 ECDICT
- vt.
- 缩短，删节，减少，剥夺
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English abreggen, abregge, abrigge (“curtail, lessen”), from Old French abregier, abreger, from Late Latin abbreviō, abbreviāre (“make brief”). Doublet of abbreviate.
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off. [First attested around 1150–1350]
- (transitive, archaic, rare) To debar from. [First attested around 1150–1350]
- (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent. [First attested around 1350–1470]
- (transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words