short

美 [ʃɔrt]
英 [ʃɔː(r)t]
  • adj.短的;个子矮的;短期的;短暂的
  • adv.缺少;不足;未达到;不及
  • v.卖空(股票);故意少给;欺骗;【电】使短路
  • n.少量烈酒;(尤指在正片前放映的)电影短片
  • 网络短整型;短裤;短整数
比较级:shorter  最高级:shortest  复数:shorts  现在分词:shorting  过去式:shorted  
Short
adj.
— see also
shortly
长度;距离length/distance
1.
短的measuring or covering a small length or distance, or a smaller length or distance than usual
He had short curly hair.
他有一头短鬈发。
a short walk
短距离步行
a short skirt
短裙
高度height
2.
个子矮的small in height
She was short and dumpy.
她又矮又胖。
时间time
3.
短的;短期的;短暂的lasting or taking a small amount of time or less time than usual
I'm going to France for a short break.
我打算去法国度个短假。
Which is the shortest day of the year?
一年中哪一天最短?
a short book(= taking a short time to read, because it does not have many pages)
一本小书
She has a very short memory(= remembers only things that have happened recently) .
她的记性很差。
Life's too short to sit around moping.
人生苦短,不能整天坐在那儿自寻烦恼。
It was all over in a relatively short space of time .
不一会儿工夫就完全结束了。
4.
[obn]
短短的seeming to have passed very quickly
Just two short years ago he was the best player in the country.
短短两年前,他还是全国最优秀的运动员。
不足not enough
5.
[nbn]
~ (of sth)
不足;短缺not having enough of sth; lacking sth
I'm afraid I'm a little short(= of money) this month.
这个月我恐怕手头有点紧。
She is not short of excuses when things go wrong.
事情出了差错,她老有借口。
6.
(informal)
~ on sth
缺乏,缺少(某种品质)lacking or not having enough of a particular quality
He was a big strapping guy but short on brains.
他五大三粗,但头脑简单。
7.
[nbn]
紧俏;紧缺not easily available; not supplying as much as you need
Money was short at that time.
那时候,钱紧缺。
8.
[nbn]
~ (of sth)
少于;缺少;未达到less than the number, amount or distance mentioned or needed
Her last throw was only three centimetres short of the world record.
她的最后一掷距世界纪录只差三厘米。
The team was five players short.
球队还缺五名球员。
She was just short of her 90th birthday when she died.
她去世时就快过 90 岁生日了。
呼吸of breath
9.
~ of breath
(呼吸)短促,困难;(气)急having difficulty breathing, for example because of illness
名称;单词name/word
10.
~ for sth
简略的;缩写的being a shorter form of a name or word
Call me Jo─it's short for Joanna.
叫我乔好了,这是乔安娜的简称。
file transfer protocol or FTP for short
file transfer protocol (文件传输协议)或简称 FTP
无礼rude
11.
[nbn]
~ (with sb)
简单粗暴;简慢无礼speaking to sb using few words in a way that seems rude
I'm sorry I was short with you earlier─I had other things on my mind.
对不起,我刚才怠慢你了,我脑子里在想别的事。
元音vowel
12.
短音的ashort vowel is pronounced for a shorter time than other vowels
Compare the short vowel in ‘full’ and the long vowel in ‘fool’.
比较 full 中的短元音和 fool 中的长元音。
IDM
a brick short of a load, two sandwiches short of a picnic, etc.
(informal)
冒傻气的;不大聪明的stupid; not very intelligent
get the short end of the stick
抽到倒霉签;被派做苦差事to be the person in a group who is chosen or forced to perform an unpleasant duty or task
give sb/sth/get short shrift
不重视(或同情);不受重视(或同情)to give sb/get little attention or sympathy
You may find your temper on a short fuse when confronting your teenager.
对付十几岁的半大孩子,你可能动不动就会生气。
have/be on a short fuse
动辄发火;性情暴躁;脾气不好to have a tendency to get angry quickly and easily
You may find your temper on a short fuse when confronting your teenager.
对付十几岁的半大孩子,你可能动不动就会生气。
in short order
麻利;简单省事quickly and without trouble
In the short run, unemployment may fall.
从短期来看,失业率可能降低。
in the short run
从短期来看;眼下concerning the immediate future
In the short run, unemployment may fall.
从短期来看,失业率可能降低。
Basic foodstuffs were in short supply.
基本食物紧缺。
Sunshine will be in short supply for the west coast.
西海岸将不会有充足的阳光。
in short supply
不充裕;短缺;紧缺not existing in large enough quantities to satisfy demand
Basic foodstuffs were in short supply.
基本食物紧缺。
Sunshine will be in short supply for the west coast.
西海岸将不会有充足的阳光。
Last year's figures were little short of disastrous.
去年的数字简直是灾难。
The transformation has been nothing short of a miracle.
这种转化堪称奇迹。
little/nothing short of sth
可以说是;无异于;近乎used when you are saying that sth is almost true, or is equal to sth
Last year's figures were little short of disastrous.
去年的数字简直是灾难。
The transformation has been nothing short of a miracle.
这种转化堪称奇迹。
Liverpool made short work of the opposition(= in a football/ soccer game) .
利物浦队干净利落地击败了对手。
He made short work of his lunch(= ate it quickly) .
他三下两下吃完午饭。
make short work of sth/sb
干净利落地打败(或处理);三下五除二就打垮(或解决)to defeat, deal with sth/sb quickly
Liverpool made short work of the opposition(= in a football/ soccer game) .
利物浦队干净利落地击败了对手。
He made short work of his lunch(= ate it quickly) .
他三下两下吃完午饭。
We haven't much time so I'll keep it short and sweet.
我们时间不多,我就长话短说吧。
short and sweet
(informal)
短暂而美好;简明扼要;紧凑pleasant but not lasting a long time
We haven't much time so I'll keep it short and sweet.
我们时间不多,我就长话短说吧。
adv.
1.
缺少;不足if yougo short of orrun short of sth, you do not have enough of it
I'd never let you go short of anything.
我什么都不会让你缺的。
Mothers regularly go short of food to ensure their children have enough.
为了保证自己的孩子吃饱饭,做母亲的经常忍饥挨饿。
They had run short of(= used most of their supply of) fuel.
他们燃料不够用了。
2.
未达到;不及not as far as you need or expect
All too often you pitch the ball short.
你投球老是距离不够。
3.
中间(打断);过早地(终止)before the time expected or arranged; before the natural time
a career tragically cut short by illness
因病不幸中断的事业
I'm afraid I'm going to have to stop you short there, as time is running out.
时间快到了,恐怕我得就此打断你了。
IDM
be caught short
(informal)
突然感觉要上厕所;内急to suddenly feel an urgent need to go to the toilet/bathroom
被置于不利地位to be put at a disadvantage
come short
(informal)
出事故;遇到麻烦to have an accident; to get into trouble
The hotel fell far short of their expectations.
旅馆远没有他们预期的那么好。
fall short of sth
未达到;不符合to fail to reach the standard that you expected or need
The hotel fell far short of their expectations.
旅馆远没有他们预期的那么好。
Short of a miracle, we're certain to lose.
除非发生奇迹,否则我们输定了。
Short of asking her to leave(= and we don't want to do that) there's not a lot we can do about the situation.
要是不请她走,我们也就没有多少办法应付这种局面了。
short of (doing) sth
没有;如果不;除非without sth; without doing sth; unless sth happens
Short of a miracle, we're certain to lose.
除非发生奇迹,否则我们输定了。
Short of asking her to leave(= and we don't want to do that) there's not a lot we can do about the situation.
要是不请她走,我们也就没有多少办法应付这种局面了。
I was brought up short by a terrible thought.
一个可怕的念头闪过,我一下子愣住了。
pull, bring, etc. sb up short
使某人突然停止to make sb suddenly stop what they are doing
I was brought up short by a terrible thought.
一个可怕的念头闪过,我一下子愣住了。
n.
— see also
shorts
1.
少量烈酒a small strong alcoholic drink, for example of whisky
2.
(尤指在正片前放映的)电影短片a short film/movie, especially one that is shown before the main film
IDM
His novels belong to a great but vanished age. They are, in short, old-fashioned.
他的小说属于一个辉煌但已逝去的时代。一句话,已经过时了。
in short
总之;简言之in a few words
His novels belong to a great but vanished age. They are, in short, old-fashioned.
他的小说属于一个辉煌但已逝去的时代。一句话,已经过时了。
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