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 |
2. | 个子矮的small in height |
She was short and dumpy. 她又矮又胖。 |
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。 |
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。 |
9. | ~ of breath （呼吸）短促，困难；（气）急having difficulty breathing, for example because of illness |
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 |
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。 |
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。 |
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。 |
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 the short run, unemployment may fall. 从短期来看，失业率可能降低。 |
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。 |
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。 |
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。 |
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。 |
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。 |
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。 |
The hotel fell far short of their expectations. 旅馆远没有他们预期的那么好。 |
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 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。 |
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。 |
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 |
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。 |
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。 |
