プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
ちぢめる【縮める】
❶〔期間・時間を短くする〕shorten ((by, to))
寿命を縮める
shorten one's life
見習い期間を３か月に縮めた
We 「cut down [reduced] the probationary period to three months.
休暇を１日縮めた
He cut short his vacation by one day.
記録を０秒４縮める
shave [clip] 0.4 seconds off the record ((in a race))／better the record by 0.4 seconds ((in a race))
❷〔長さ・広さを少なくする〕
スカート丈を２センチ縮める
shorten [take up the hem of] a skirt by two centimeters
文章を縮める
condense a sentence
この版は原本を３分の１に縮めたものだ
This is an abridged edition, one-third the length of the original book.
記事を5,000語に縮める
shorten an article to 5,000 words
❸〔すくませる〕
首を縮める
duck one's head
足を縮める
draw in one's legs
身を縮めて狭い出口を出る
squeeze oneself out through a narrow opening