reduce
🇺🇸
/rɪˈduːs/
🇬🇧
/rɪˈdjuːs/
verb
A2
to make something smaller or less in amount, size, or number
Using energy-efficient bulbs can reduce electricity bills.
使用節能燈泡可以減少電費。
R
to boil a liquid to make it less in amount
Simmer the sauce to reduce it and make it thicker.
用文火燉煮醬汁使其濃縮變稠。
R
to lose weight by eating less food
She started to reduce by cutting out snacks.
她開始透過戒掉零食來減肥。
R
to add electrons to or remove oxygen from a substance
The chemical reaction will reduce the metal compound.
該化學反應將還原金屬化合物。
translation
減少, 濃縮, 減肥, 還原
詞形變化
3rd Present
reduces
Past
reduced
Perfect
reduced
Progressive
reducing