vt.按照透視法畫；縮短；省略

You look at yourself from above and you look foreshortened. 你從上面往下看自己，就顯得縮短了。

The other's clock runs slow and the other's meter stick is foreshortened. 對方的鐘走慢了，對方的米尺縮短了。

In other words, troops are fighting across low ridges, operating distances are apt to be foreshortened. 換句話說，當(dāng)部隊突越較低的山嶺時，交戰(zhàn)距離通常縮短。

The shadowed crater is strongly foreshortened in this mosaic, a representative view of the region for earthbound telescopes. 陰影中的環(huán)形山是強(qiáng)烈的透視馬賽克，是對地面天文望遠(yuǎn)鏡專家的意見。

Or, perhaps, the reflected figure is the more perfect: disability in the mirror of art revolutionizes the idea of perfection to include the impairment of foreshortened limbs. 也許，倒影比本人更出色：藝術(shù)之鏡折射出了殘缺之美，利用透視畫法縮短的四肢形成了身體上的殘缺，對完美本來的概念進(jìn)行了革命。