short
- adj.短的;短期的;短暂的;不足;缺乏，缺少（某种品质）;（呼吸）短促，困难;少于;简略的;个子矮的;短音的;紧俏;简单粗暴
- adv.不足;缺少;中间(打断);未达到;不及;过早地(终止)
- n.(尤指在正片前放映的)电影短片;少量烈酒
- vi.故意少给…的零头;骗取短路
复数： shorts 最高级： shortest 比较级： shorter 派生词： shortness n. 过去式： shorted 现在分词： shorting 过去分词： shorted 第三人称单数： short
shortadj.
长度；距离 length/distance
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
个子矮的
small in height
She was short and dumpy.
她又矮又胖。
时间 time
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，时间一长就忘。
Life's too short to sit around moping.
人生很短，不能整天坐在那儿自寻烦闷。
It was all over in a relatively short space of time .
不一会儿工夫就完全结束了。
短短的
seeming to have passed very quickly
Just two short years ago he was the best player in the country.
就在两年前，他还是全国最优秀的运动员呢。
不足 not enough
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。
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。
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。
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
（呼吸）短促，困难；（气）急
having difficulty breathing, for example because of illness
名称；单词 name/word
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
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，我刚才对你简慢了——我脑子里在想别的事。
元音 vowel
短音的
a short 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。
She suffered from shortness of breath.
她患有气急的毛病。
stupid; not very intelligent
to give sb/get little attention or sympathy
to have a tendency to get angry quickly and easily
对付十几岁的半大孩子，你可能动不动就会生气。
You may find your temper on a short fuse when confronting your teenager.
quickly and without trouble
concerning the immediate future
从短期来看，失业率可能降低。
In the short run, unemployment may fall.
not existing in large enough quantities to satisfy demand
基本食物紧缺。
Basic foodstuffs were in short supply.
Sunshine will be in short supply for the west coast.
西海岸将不会有充足的阳光。
used when you are saying that sth is almost true, or is equal to sth
去年的数字简直是灾难。
Last year's figures were little short of disastrous.
The transformation has been nothing short of a miracle.
这种变化堪称奇迹。
to defeat, deal with sth/sb quickly
利物浦队干净利落地击败了对手。
Liverpool made short work of the opposition (= in a football/ soccer game) .
He made short work of his lunch (= ate it quickly) .
他三下两下吃完午饭。
pleasant but not lasting a long time
我们时间不多，我就长话短说吧。
We haven't much time so I'll keep it short and sweet.
to be the person in a group who is chosen or forced to perform an unpleasant duty or task
我抽到了下下签，只得打扫厕所了。
I drew the short straw and had to clean the toilets.
the whole of sth or less of sth than you expect or should have
我们领受了他们十足的盛情。
We experienced the full measure of their hospitality.
The concert only lasted an hour, so we felt we were getting short measure.
音乐会仅仅持续了一个小时，让我们有一种缺斤少两的感觉。
not long in advance; without warning or time for preparation
这是我们临时能弄到的最好的房间了。
This was the best room we could get at such short notice.
You must be ready to leave at a moment's notice.
你必须随时准备出发。
used to describe what will happen a long, short, etc. time in the future
发生这样的情况看来可能性不大，起码短期之内应当如此。
Such a development seems unlikely, at least in the short term (= it will not happen for quite a long time).
very stupid
adv.
缺少；不足
if you go short of or run 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。
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。
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。
to have an accident; to get into trouble
to fail to reach the standard that you expected or need
旅馆远没有他们预期的那么好。
The hotel fell far short of their expectations.
without sth; without doing sth; unless sth happens
除非发生奇迹，否则我们输定了。
Short of a miracle, we're certain to lose.
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。
to make sb suddenly stop what they are doing
一个可怕的念头闪过，我一下子愣住了。
I was brought up short by a terrible thought.
to not value sb/yourself highly enough and show this by the way you treat or present them/yourself
to suddenly stop, or make sb suddenly stop, doing sth
听见有人喊他的名字，他突然停住了。
He stopped short when he heard his name.
noun
少量烈酒
a small strong alcoholic drink, for example of whisky
（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
in a few words
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。
His novels belong to a great but vanished age. They are, in short, old-fashioned.
used when you are telling sb the essential facts about sth or what effect it will have, without explaining all the details
verb
short
ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB USES 形容词和副词用法
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ADJ-GRADED 短暂的;短促的;短期的
If something is short or lasts for a short time, it does not last very long.The announcement was made a short time ago...
通告是不久前才宣布的。
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ADJ-GRADED 似乎过得很快的;短暂的
If you talk about a short hour, day, or year, you mean that it seems to have passed very quickly or will seem to pass very quickly.For a few short weeks there was peace...
有过短短几周的和平。
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ADJ-GRADED (演讲、信件、书等)短的，简短的
A short speech, letter, or book does not have many words or pages in it.They were performing a short extract from Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona...
他们正表演莎士比亚剧作《维洛那二绅士》中的一个片段。
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ADJ-GRADED 矮的;个子矮的
Someone who is short is not as tall as most people are.I'm tall and thin and he's short and fat.
我又高又瘦，他又矮又胖。
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ADJ-GRADED (距离、长度等)短的，不长的，不远的
Something that is short measures only a small amount from one end to the other.The city centre and shops are only a short distance away...
市中心和商店离得很近。
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ADJ-GRADED 短缺的;不足的
If you are short of something or if it is short, you do not have enough of it. If you are running short of something or if it is running short, you do not have much of it left.Her father's illness left the family short of money...
她父亲的病造成家里经济拮据。
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ADJ 少于;不及;未达到
If someone or something is or stops short of a place, they have not quite reached it. If they are or fall short of an amount, they have not quite achieved it.He stopped a hundred yards short of the building...
他在离大楼 100 码处停下了。
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PREP-PHRASE 除…之外;没有;如果不
Short of a particular thing means except for that thing or without actually doing that thing.Short of climbing railings four metres high, there was no way into the garden from this road...
除非爬过 4 米高的栏杆，否则从这条路没办法进到园子里。
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ADV 终止;中断;打断
If something is cut short or stops short, it is stopped before people expect it to or before it has finished.His glittering career was cut short by a heart attack...
他辉煌的事业因心脏病发作而被迫终止。
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ADJ 简略的;缩写的;简称的
If a name or abbreviation is short for another name, it is the short version of that name.Her friend Kes (short for Kesewa) was in tears...
她的朋友凯斯(凯茜娃的简称)眼泪汪汪。
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ADJ-GRADED 暴躁的;易怒的
If you have a short temper, you get angry very easily....an awkward, self-conscious woman with a short temper.
脾气暴躁、笨拙又忸怩的女人
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ADJ-GRADED 说话简短粗暴的;简慢无礼的
If you are short with someone, you speak briefly and rather rudely to them, because you are impatient or angry.She seemed nervous or tense, and she was definitely short with me.
她似乎很焦虑，抑或是很紧张，对我明显很不客气。
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PHRASE (尤指在一时找不到厕所的情况下)内急，突然感觉要上厕所
If you are caught short or are taken short, you feel a sudden strong need to urinate, especially when you cannot easily find a toilet. -
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PHRASE 作为简称;作为缩写
If a person or thing is called something for short, that is the short version of their name.Opposite me was a woman called Jasminder (Jazzy for short)...
我对面是一位名叫贾丝明德(简称杰丝)的女子。
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PHRASE 缺乏(尤指食物)
If you go short of something, especially food, you do not have as much of it as you want or need.Some people may manage their finances badly and therefore have to go short of essentials.
有些人可能极不善于理财，因而不得不缺衣少食地将就过活。
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PHRASE 总之;简而言之
You use in short when you have been giving a lot of details and you want to give a conclusion or summary.Try tennis, badminton or windsurfing. In short, anything challenging...
试试网球、羽毛球或帆板运动吧。总之，只要是有挑战性的。
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PHRASE 可以说是;简直;无异于
You use nothing short of or little short of to emphasize how great or extreme something is. For example, if you say that something is nothing short of a miracle or nothing short of disastrous, you are emphasizing that it is a miracle or it is disastrous.The results are nothing short of magnificent...
结果非常不错。
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PHRASE 冒傻气的;不聪明的;愚蠢的;不理智的
If you say that someone is, for example, several cards short of a full deck or one sandwich short of a picnic, you think they are stupid, foolish, or crazy. -
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PHRASE 缺乏，缺少(某种优良品质)
If someone or something is short on a particular good quality, they do not have as much of it as you think they should have.He was very short on enthusiasm...
他太缺乏热情。
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PHRASE 险些(做…)；差点没(做…)
If someone stops short of doing something, they come close to doing it but do not actually do it.He stopped short of explicitly criticizing the government...
他几乎要直言批评政府了。
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PHRASE (因雇主付不起全工时工钱而出现的)短工时，开工不足
If workers are put on short time, they are asked to work fewer hours than the normal working week, because their employer can not afford to pay them a full time wage.Workers across the country have been put on short time because of the slump in demand...
因需求量大幅下降，全国的工人都开工不足。
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PHRASE 使突然终止;使突然中断
If something pulls you up short or brings you up short, it makes you suddenly stop what you are doing.The name on the gate pulled me up short.
大门上的名字让我突然停了下来。
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PHRASE 干净利落地处理(或打败);迅速解决
If you make short work of someone or something, you deal with them or defeat them very quickly.Agassi made short work of his opponent.
阿加西干净利落地击败了对手。
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short of breath→ see:breath
NOUN USES 名词用法
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N-PLURAL 短裤
Shorts are trousers with very short legs, that people wear in hot weather or for taking part in sports....two women in bright cotton shorts and tee shirts.
两名身着色彩艳丽的棉质短裤和T恤衫的女子
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N-COUNT 少量烈酒(如威士忌、杜松子酒、伏特加等)
A short is a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink such as whisky, gin, or vodka, rather than a weaker alcoholic drink that you can drink in larger quantities. -
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N-COUNT (尤指正片放映前的)电影短片
A short is a short film, especially one that is shown before the main film at the cinema.
noun
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- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
- Synonym: shortstop
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- the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
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- accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
- Synonym: short circuit
verb
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- create a short circuit in
- Synonym: short-circuit
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- cheat someone by not returning him enough money
- Synonym: short-change
adj
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- tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
- shortbread is a short crumbly cookie
- a short flaky pie crust
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- (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
- short skirts
- short hair
- the board was a foot short
- a short toss
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- primarily temporal sense;indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
- a short life
- a short flight
- a short holiday
- a short story
- only a few short months
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- of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
- the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short
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- not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
- a short sale
- short in cotton
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- lacking foresight or scope
- a short view of the problem
- shortsighted policies
- shortsighted critics derided the plan
- myopic thinking
- Synonym: shortsighted unforesightful myopic
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- (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
- a short memory
- Synonym: unretentive forgetful
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- not sufficient to meet a need
- an inadequate income
- a poor salary
- money is short
- on short rations
- food is in short supply
- short on experience
- Synonym: inadequate poor
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- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- a light pound
- a scant cup of sugar
- regularly gives short weight
- Synonym: light scant(p)
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- low in stature;not tall
- he was short and stocky
- short in stature
- a short smokestack
- a little man
- Synonym: little
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- quickly and without warning
- he stopped suddenly
- Synonym: abruptly suddenly dead
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- in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
- he told me curtly to get on with it
- he talked short with everyone
- he said shortly that he didn't like it
- Synonym: curtly shortly
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- at a disadvantage
- I was caught short
- Synonym: unawares
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- so as to interrupt
- She took him up short before he could continue
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- at some point or distance before a goal is reached
- he fell short of our expectations
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- clean across
- the car's axle snapped short
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- without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
- he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash
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It has a short stumpy tail covered with bristles .
它粗短的尾巴上鬃毛浓密。
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They 've come a long way in a short space of time
他们在很短的时间之内就大老远地赶了过来。
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The government is long on ideas but short on performance .
这个政府想法很多但执行的却太少。
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They had achieved a lot in a short space of time .
他们在短时间内取得了很大的成绩。
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The fact remains that we are still two teachers short .
实际情况是我们还缺少两名教师。
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The short story is a difficult art form to master .
短篇小说是一种很难掌握的艺术形式。
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All candidates will be required to take a short test .
所有候选者都要参加一次小测验。
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All candidates will be required to take a short test .
所有候选者都要参加一个小测验。
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I 'd never let you go short of anything .
我什么都不会让你缺的。
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Money was short at that time .
那时候，钱紧缺。
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This was the best room we could get at such short notice .
这是我们临时能弄到的最好的房间了。
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Just two short years ago he was the best player in the country .
就在两年前，他还是全国最优秀的运动员呢。
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I was still in short trousers at the time .
我那时还在穿着短裤呢。
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I 'm afraid I 'm a little short this month .
这个月我恐怕手头有点紧。
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Small children have a very short attention span .
幼儿的注意力持续时间很短。
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There are two versions of the game , a long one and a short one .
这游戏有两个版本，一长一短。
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He made short work of his lunch .
他三下两下吃完午饭。
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A short flight of steps led up to the door .
上几磴台阶就到了门口。
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There are no short cuts to economic recovery .
恢复经济无捷径可走。
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I 'm going to France for a short break .
我打算去法国度个短假。
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Last year 's figures were little short of disastrous .
去年的数字简直是灾难。
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She is not short of excuses when things go wrong .
事情出了差错，她老有借口。
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I 'm short of cash right now .
我眼下正缺钱。
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Fortunately the short delay gave him time to gather himself .
幸运的是，这短暂的拖延给了他喘息的时间。
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In the short run , unemployment may fall .
从短期来看，失业率可能降低。
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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。
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The hotel is only a short step from the beach .
旅馆离海滩只有几步路。
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We need to give young criminals a short , sharp shock .
对青少年罪犯我们需要给以短暂但严厉的惩处。
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I 'm under instructions to keep my speech short .
我接到指示讲话要简短。
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He 's had his hair cut really short .
他头发理得真短。
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