Her father paid £1,000 for an operation to shorten her nose...

And it urges publishers to shorten math textbooks, which are often up a thousand pages long.

他们还强烈要求出版商缩短数学课本, 这些课本通常都长达上千页.

The days are shortening.

白天变得越来越短了。

In November the temperatures drop and the days shorten.

十一月气温下降，白天变短。

This round was based on shortened. 460 Weatherby pointed low-drag bullet.

该弹是在.460马格农弹的基础上改短弹壳,加重弹头而制成的.

The DBK are shortened and suitable for use in restricted spaces.

DBK型号长度缩短,适合在空间有限的场合使用.

Particularly cigarette smoking is associated with a shortened life expectancy.

尤其是吸卷烟会缩短人的概率寿命.

Since silver is a very good conductor, the points of each silver rod have been shortened.

由于银是很好的导体, 每个银棒的两端都被短接.

The tailor ripped the hem and shortened the dress.

裁缝拆开下摆将连衫裙收短.

This period would , of course, be shortened by any preliminary work and thought.

这个期限当然还可以由事先有所准备和有所考虑而得以缩短.

Its name was shortened over the years to Las Vegas.

后来,人们将它简称为“拉斯维加斯”.

These symbols provide a convenient shortened reference to the actual class names.

这些符号为实际的类名提供了一种便利简短的代号.

The coat shortened after washing.

这件上衣水洗后变短了.

Alcohol is a great shortener of life.

酒精会严重缩短寿命.

Objective To discuss the method of shortening the period and improving the quality of tissue expansion.

目的:探讨缩短皮肤软组织扩张疗程和提高扩张质量的方法.

It has been shortening the service life of mines because of their low recovery ratio.

乡镇煤矿资源回收率低,严重缩短了矿井的服务年限.

Shortening high school needn't mean dumping down the population necessarily sending kids off the college track.

缩短中学教育不一定意味着人口素质的下降--或者说不一定使孩子们偏离进大学深造之路.

The right panel illustrates the marked shortening and thickening of the chordae tendineae.

右图可见腱索明显缩短增粗.

This is the first recipe in shortening your sleep time.

这是减少你睡眠时间的第一个方法.

Shortening period of empty embryo; Prolonging period of galactopoiesis ; Increasing yield of milk.

缩短空胎期, 增长?乳期,增加牛乳总产量.

Dr. Gross said there won't be any practical consequences from the shortening of our day.

格罗斯博士说一天时间的缩短不会带来任何实际后果.