
short
词源
源自古英语“scort”,意为“短的”,可能与古高地德语“scurz”同源。
adjective
❶ 指长度、高度或时间上不足的,比通常或预期的要小或少的。
“She is wearing a short dress today.”
(她今天穿了一条短裙。)
“The meeting was surprisingly short.”
(会议出奇地短。)
❶ 指数量不足或缺乏某种东西的,通常与介词“of”连用。
“We are short of staff this week.”
(这周我们人手不足。)
“He was short of money and couldn’t buy the ticket.”
(他缺钱,买不起票。)
noun
❶ 指短小的东西或短时间的活动,如短片或短路。
“He filmed a short for the competition.”
(他为比赛拍摄了一部短片。)
“The electrical short caused a power outage.”
(电路短路导致了停电。)
verb
❶ 指故意不给足或减少某物的数量,通常用于财务或交易中。
“The cashier shorted me by $5.”
(收银员少找了我5美元。)
“He was accused of shorting customers on weight.”
(他被指控在重量上克扣顾客。)
常见短语
in short — 用于总结或概括,表示“简而言之”或“总之”。
“In short, the project was a success.”
(简而言之,这个项目是成功的。)
short of — 表示缺乏某物或未达到某种程度,通常用于描述不足的情况。
“We are short of time to finish the report.”
(我们时间不够,无法完成报告。)
cut short — 指提前结束某事,通常是因为意外或时间限制。
“The trip was cut short due to bad weather.”
(由于天气恶劣,旅行提前结束了。)