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short

UK /ʃɔːt/US /ʃɔːrt/

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。)

同义词:brief, small, limited, lacking, scarce

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。)

同义词:short film, short circuit

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。)

同义词:cheat, underpay, scrimp

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。)