The skirts were shortened an inch or two.是什么意思？

The skirts were shortened an inch or two.

这些裙子被改短了一两英寸。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

skirts

n. 裙子( skirt的名词复数 )，边缘，（连衣裙、外衣等的）下摆，（车辆或机器基座的）挡板；

例句
Short skirts are back...
短裙又流行起来了。

were

be的过去时复数和第二人称单数形式，有时代替 was,用于条件从句、动词 wish 之后等；

例句
Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
店铺、房子和车辆全都陷于火海。

shortened

v. 弄短，缩短( shorten的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句
The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labor Day holiday...
因庆祝劳工节，这个交易日交易时间缩短了。

an

art. 一（在元音字母前代替不定代词a），一任一某一，一个；

例句
He started eating an apple...
他开始吃苹果。

inch

n. 英寸（相当于 2.54 厘米，一英尺有12英寸），少量，少许，身高；vt. 使缓慢地移动；vi. 缓慢移动，渐进；

例句
The spring had been unusually dry and we received only two tenths of an inch of rain during the entire month of June.
春天异常干旱，我们在整个 6 月只有 0.2 英寸的降雨量。

or

conj. 或，或者，还是，不然，否则，左右；prep. <古、诗>在…之前，比…更早；n. [纹章]黑金色、黑色；

例句
We are scared to abandon ourselves to our feelings in case we seem weak or out of control.
我们不敢放纵自己的情感，以免显得太过软弱或缺乏自制。

two

n. 两个，两个东西，两点钟，一对；adj. 两个的，我

例句
He has been absent from his desk for two weeks...
他已经有两个星期没有坐在办公桌前了。