词汇 | short |
释义 | short | BrE ʃɔːt, AmE ʃɔrt | A. adjective ① (not long in length) 短的 ▸ a short dress 短裙 ▸ to cut sth short 把某物剪短 ▸ a short distance away or off 不远的距离 ② (below average height) 矮的 ▸ he's rather short in stature 他个头很矮 ▸ short and stocky 矮壮的 ③ (not lasting long) 短暂的 ▸ we met in the street and had a short conversation 我们在街上碰面后聊了几句 ▸ he gave a short speech of welcome 他发表了简短的欢迎讲话 ▸ he gave a short cry of delight 他惊喜地叫了一声 ▸ she gave a short gasp of pain 她疼得倒吸了一口气 ▸ to have a short memory 健忘 ▸ a short time or while ago 刚才 ▸ a short course 短期课程 ▸ in short order 迅速地 ▸ to make short work of sb/sth 干净利落地打败某人/解决某事 ▸ short and sweet 简明扼要的 ▸ in two short months the political climate had changed completely 短短两个月后政治气候完全变了 ④ (inadequate) 不足的 ▸ it was mid-summer, and water was very short 时值仲夏,水源紧缺 ▸ time is getting short 时间越来越少 ▸ the shopkeeper gave us short change 店主少找了我们钱 ▸ the results are far short of what we expected 结果远远达不到我们的预期 ⑤ ▸ (lacking) to be short of sth; 缺乏某物 ▸ I'm very short of ready cash 我手头很缺现金 ▸ the car is short of petrol 汽车的油不够用了 ▸ to be five short 少5个 ▸ we're short by two players for the match 我们比赛还差两个队员 ▸ to be (a bit) short 手头(有点儿)拮据 ▸ he is short on experience informal 他经验不足 ⑥ (in abbreviation) 简略的 ▸ to be short for sth 是某事物的简写 ▸ UN is short for United Nations UN是United Nations的缩写 ▸ call me Frank for short 为简单起见叫我弗兰克好了 ⑦ (abrupt) 生硬无礼的 ▸ to be short with sb; 对某人简慢 ⑧ (expressed in few words) 简短的 ‹comment, question, explanation›▸ short and to the point 言简意赅的 ▸ in short 简而言之 ▸ to cut a long story short 长话短说 ⑨ Linguistics 发音时间短的 ▸ a short vowel/syllable 短元音/短音节 ⑩ Finance 空头交易的 ▸ a short contract/bill of exchange/position 空头交易合同/空头交易票据/空头 ▸ a short seller 卖空者 ⑪ (crumbly) 松脆的 ‹cake, pastry, crust›B. adverb ① (suddenly) 突然 ▸ to bring or pull sb up short 使某人突然停下 ② ▸ (before the expected place or time) short of sth; 达不到某物 ▸ the plane landed short of the runway 飞机在跑道外迫降着陆 ▸ his second drive landed short of the green 他第二杆击出的球就落在球穴区边上 ▸ to be caught or taken short informal 内急 ▸ a brilliant career tragically cut short by illness 不幸因病半途而废的美好前程 ▸ to stop short of sth/doing sth 不尝试某事物/做某事 ▸ I'm sure he'd stop short of anything/doing anything illegal 我肯定他不会做违法的事 ③ ▸ (less than) short of 不到 ▸ there were just short of two thousand people in the hall 礼堂里有将近两千人 ▸ short of the truth 与事实有出入 ▸ we collected not far short of £500 我们募集了差不多500镑 ▸ to fall short of sth 未达到某状况 ▸ his achievements have fallen short of all he hoped to do 他所取得的成就全部未达到自己的期望 ▸ to go short (of sth) 缺少(某物) ▸ to run short (of sth) 快用完(某物) ▸ to sell sb/sth short 低估某人/某事物 ④ ▸ short of … (except for) 除…之外 ▸ short of resigning, there isn't much I can do 除了辞职,我没多少能做的 ▸ it's little or nothing short of scandalous 简直就是丑闻 ⑤ ▸ (in cricket) to bowl short 投球不够远 ⑥ Finance 空头交易地 ▸ to sell short 卖空 C. noun ① informal = short circuit A② (film) [在正片之前放映的] 电影短片 ③ (alcoholic drink) 少量烈酒 D. intransitive verb informal = short circuit BE. transitive verb informal = short circuit C1 |
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