foreshorten
vt . 照远近法画,缩小深度而画
照远近法画,缩小深度而画
foreshorten v 1 :
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements ; "
The manuscript must be shortened " [
synonym : {
abridge },
{
foreshorten }, {
abbreviate }, {
shorten }, {
cut }, {
contract },
{
reduce }] [
ant : {
dilate }, {
elaborate }, {
enlarge }, {
expand },
{
expatiate }, {
exposit }, {
expound }, {
flesh out },
{
lucubrate }]
2 :
shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth Foreshorten \
Fore *
short "
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v .
t .
1 . (
Fine Art )
To represent on a plane surface ,
as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so ;
to shorten by drawing in perspective .
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2 .
Fig .:
To represent pictorially to the imagination .
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Songs ,
and deeds ,
and lives that lie Foreshortened in the tract of time . --
Tennyson .
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42 Moby Thesaurus words for "
foreshorten ":
abbreviate ,
abridge ,
abstract ,
bob ,
boil down ,
capsulize ,
clip ,
compress ,
condense ,
contract ,
crop ,
curtail ,
cut ,
cut back ,
cut down ,
cut off short ,
cut short ,
dock ,
elide ,
epitomize ,
mow ,
nip ,
poll ,
pollard ,
prune ,
reap ,
recap ,
recapitulate ,
reduce ,
retrench ,
shave ,
shear ,
shorten ,
snub ,
stunt ,
sum up ,
summarize ,
synopsize ,
take in ,
telescope ,
trim ,
truncate
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