foreshorten
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they foreshorten | |
| he / she / it foreshortens | |
| past simple foreshortened | |
| past participle foreshortened | |
| -ing form foreshortening |
- foreshorten something/somebody (specialist)
to draw, photograph, etc. objects or people so that they look smaller or closer together than they really are （绘画、摄影等）用透视法缩小（或缩短） Viewed from above, their bodies were foreshortened and partly hidden. 从上面看，他们的身体被缩短，部分隐藏。
- foreshorten something (formal)
to end something before it would normally finish 提前结束；缩短；节略 a foreshortened education 缩短了的教育