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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- short [ʃɔːt]
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- 1. adjective (in time) 短暂的
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2.
adjective
(in length) 短的
- His black hair was very short.
- 他的黑头发很短。
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3.
adjective
(not tall) 矮的
- 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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4.
adjective
(scarce) 短缺的
- Money is short.
- 钱不够。
- 5. adjective to be short (with sb) (curt) （对某人）粗暴无礼
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6.
noun
[c]
[BRIT]
(drink) 少量烈酒
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7.
noun
(film) 短片
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8.
n pl
(short trousers) 短裤
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9.
n pl
[esp US]
(underpants) 男用短衬裤
- a short time ago
- 不久以前
- at short notice
- 临时通知
- in short
- 简而言之
- to have a short temper
- 脾气暴躁
- to be short of sth
- 缺乏某物
- I'm 3 short
- 我还缺3个
- Fred is short for Frederick
- 弗雷德是弗雷德里克的简称
- a pair of shorts
- 一条短裤
- to cut short
- 缩短
- to run short of
- 所剩不多了
- to fall short of
- 未达到
- short of doing...
- 除了做...外
- nothing/little short of...
- 不亚于/简直就是...
- to stop short
- 突然停住
- to stop short of doing sth
- 差点儿就要做某事
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- short [ʃɔːt] [ʃɔrt]
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- 1. adjective （长度）短的，不够长的
- 2. adjective （间隔、范围等）不大的；近的
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3.
adjective
低的，矮的；不高的
- 4. adjective 短暂的；短促的
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5.
adjective
保持不久的
- a short memory
- 记忆力不好
- 6. adjective （文章等）简洁的；简短的；（语词等）缩略的
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7.
adjective
简慢的；唐突的；暴躁的
- 8. adjective 短缺的；不充足的
- 9. adjective 达不到（目标、目的）的
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10.
adjective
易碎的；具体指：（糕点等）松脆的
- 11. adjective （金属等）脆的；难塑造的
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12.
adjective
[American English]
空头交易的；卖空的
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13.
adjective
（诗歌）短音节的；（音节）非重读的；短音的；短元音的
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14.
adverb
简短地
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15.
adverb
短；近
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16.
adverb
突然地；唐突地
- 17. adverb 出其不意地
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18.
adverb
[Business]
以空头方式
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19.
noun
短的东西
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20.
noun
接近目标但未命中的射弹
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21.
noun
矮个子的衣服尺码
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22.
noun
[复数形态时]宽大的运动短裤；男式短裤；旧指：齐膝的马裤
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23.
noun
[复数形态时]差额，短缺之数
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24.
noun
[复数形态时]细麸粉；废料，下脚料
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25.
noun
短音；短音节
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26.
noun
[American English]
shortstop
- 27. noun [slang] [主要用于英国]烈性酒；一小（份）酒精饮料或啤酒；数量短少的一次毒品购买
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28.
noun
[通常冠以 the]大意，要点；概略
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29.
noun
不充足，不充裕
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30.
noun
[slang]
借来的股份的售卖，卖空（证券用语）
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31.
noun
[slang]
小轿车（街头用语）
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32.
noun
[American English]
shortcircuit的缩略形式
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33.
noun
长度不够法定捕捞标准的鱼（或龙虾）
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34.
vt.,vi.
给的不足；短斤少两
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35.
vt.,vi.
short-circuit的缩略形式
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36.
vt.
[slang]
售卖借来的股票（证券用语）
Collins English-English Dictionary
- short [ʃɔːt]
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1.
adj
of little length; not long
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2.
adj
of little height; not tall
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3.
adj
of limited duration
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4.
adj
not meeting a requirement; deficient
- the number of places laid at the table was short by four
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5.
adj
[postpositive;
often foll by ofor on] lacking (in) or needful (of)- I'm always short of money
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6.
adj
concise; succinct
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7.
adj
lacking in the power of retentiveness
- a short memory
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8.
adj
abrupt to the point of rudeness
- the salesgirl was very short with him
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9.
adj
[finance]
not possessing the securities or commodities that have been sold under contract and therefore obliged to make a purchase before the delivery date
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10.
adj
of or relating to such sales, which depend on falling prices for profit
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11.
adj
[phonetics]
denoting a vowel of relatively brief temporal duration
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12.
adj
classified as short, as distinguished from other vowels. Thus in English (
I ) in bin, though of longer duration than (i: ) in beat, is nevertheless regarded as a short vowel -
13.
adj
(in popular usage) denoting the qualities of the five English vowels represented orthographically in the words pat, pet, pit, pot, put, and putt
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14.
adj
[prosody]
denoting a vowel that is phonetically short or a syllable containing such a vowel. In classical verse short vowels are followed by one consonant only or sometimes one consonant plus a following l or r
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15.
adj
(of a vowel or syllable in verse that is not quantitative) not carrying emphasis or accent; unstressed
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16.
adj
(of pastry) crumbly in texture - See also shortcrust pastry
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17.
adj
(of a drink of spirits) undiluted; neat
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18.
adv
abruptly
- to stop short
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19.
adv
briefly or concisely
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20.
adv
rudely or curtly
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21.
adv
[finance]
without possessing the securities or commodities at the time of their contractual sale
- to sell short
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22.
n
anything that is short
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23.
n
a drink of spirits as opposed to a long drink such as beer
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24.
n
[phonetics]
[prosody]
a short vowel or syllable
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25.
n
[finance]
a short contract or sale
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26.
n
a short seller
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27.
n
a short film, usually of a factual nature
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28.
n
See short circuit
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29.
vb
See short circuit
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30.
vb
See also shorts
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31.
vb
[Etymology]
Old English scort; related to Old Norse skortr a lack, skera to cut, Old High German scurz short
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1.
adj
of little length; not long
Examples
- The relatively short (æ) of mat and the relatively long (æ) of mad are allophones.
- mat中较短的æ和mad中的较长的æ是语音变体。 → allophone
- Art is long, and life is short.
- 生命短暂，艺术长存 → aphorism
- a short-billed bird
- 短喙鸟 → billed
- short-haired
- 短发的 → haired
- Fads have a short life.
- 狂热是不能持久的。 → life
- but one short remove from victory
- 离胜利只差一步 → remove
- at a short distance
- 短距离 → short
- a few short weeks
- 短短几周 → short
- a short memory
- 记忆力不好 → short
- a short measure
- 斤两不足 → short
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