柯林斯词典shortening /ˈʃɔːtənɪŋ/ (shortenings) 1. N-MASS Shortening is cooking fat that you use with flour in order to make pastry or dough. 酥油[美国英语] 返回 shortening剑桥词典a type of solid vegetable oil , or sometimes butter or lard (= fat from animals ), that is used in cooking , especially to make pastry soft and crumbly (= easily broken ) （尤指使酥饼松脆的）起酥油（如黄油） 返回 shortening