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short

英[ʃɔːt]
美[ʃɔːrt]

基本释义

  • adj.短的,短暂的; 矮的; 短缺的; 短期的
  • adv.突然; 唐突地; 简短地; 横贯地
  • n.短裤; 短路; 缺乏

词性变化

实用例句

The announcement was made a short time ago...

通告是不久前才宣布的。

How could you do it in such a short period of time?...

你是怎么在如此短的时间里做到的?

For a few short weeks there was peace...

有过短短几周的和平。

Only five short years later, your money will have grown by $94,000.

仅短短 5 年时间后,你的钱就会增多 94,000 美元。

They were performing a short extract from Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona...

他们正表演莎士比亚剧作《维洛那二绅士》中的一个片段。

This is a short note to say thank you.

这是一封简短的致谢信。

I'm tall and thin and he's short and fat.

我又高又瘦,他又矮又胖。

...a short, elderly woman with grey hair...

头发灰白的矮个子老妇人

The city centre and shops are only a short distance away...

市中心和商店离得很近。

A short flight of steps led to a grand doorway...

一段短短的台阶通向一个气派的大门口。

Her father's illness left the family short of money...

她父亲的病造成家里经济拮据。

Government forces are running short of ammunition and fuel...

政府军的弹药和燃料都快用完了。

He stopped a hundred yards short of the building...

他在离大楼 100 码处停下了。

So what happens if the Socialists top the poll but fall short of an absolute majority?...

那么如果社会党人得票领先却又未达到绝对多数,那会怎么样呢?

Short of climbing railings four metres high, there was no way into the garden from this road...

除非爬过 4 米高的栏杆,否则从这条路没办法进到园子里。

They have no means, short of civil war, to enforce their will upon the minorities.

他们只有通过内战才能将意志强加给少数派。

His glittering career was cut short by a heart attack...

他辉煌的事业因心脏病发作而被迫终止。

Jackson cut short his trip to Africa...

杰克逊提前结束了他的非洲之行。

Her friend Kes (short for Kesewa) was in tears...

她的朋友凯斯(凯茜娃的简称)眼泪汪汪。

'O.O.B.E.' is short for 'Out Of Body Experience'.

O.O.B.E. 是 Out Of Body Experience (身外体验)的缩略形式。

...an awkward, self-conscious woman with a short temper.

脾气暴躁、笨拙又忸怩的女人

She seemed nervous or tense, and she was definitely short with me.

她似乎很焦虑,抑或是很紧张,对我明显很不客气。

Opposite me was a woman called Jasminder (Jazzy for short)...

我对面是一位名叫贾丝明德(简称杰丝)的女子。

This condition is called seasonal affective disorder, or SAD for short.

这种病情叫做季节性情感失调症,或简称 SAD。

Some people may manage their finances badly and therefore have to go short of essentials.

有些人可能极不善于理财,因而不得不缺衣少食地将就过活。

Try tennis, badminton or windsurfing. In short, anything challenging...

试试网球、羽毛球或帆板运动吧。总之,只要是有挑战性的。

She was surrounded by doctors, lawyers, housewives — people, in short, like herself.

她被医生、律师、家庭主妇——总之是一群像她一样的人——所包围着。

The results are nothing short of magnificent...

结果非常不错。

His last visit to Washington was little short of a fiasco.

他最近对华盛顿的访问几乎是一场惨败。

He was very short on enthusiasm...

他太缺乏热情。

真题例句

Team-building skills are in short supply: Deloitte reports that only 12% of the executives they contacted feel they understand the way people work together in networks and only 21% feel confident in their ability to build cross-functional teams.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Highly superior autobiographical memory' , first came to light in the early 2000s, with a young woman named Jill Price.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

I mean, girls went around in really short skirts, and wore flowers in their hair.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

Anxiety and depression more often than not cut short one's life span.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

And the rises were short-lived: prices typically returned to normal with the next harvest.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Even those short of time or money should be encouraged to cook for themselves and their family.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

"highly superior autobiographical memory" or HSAM for short, first came to light in the early 2000s, with a young woman named jill Price.

2017年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

But in his lifetime, Careme, ever confident, could see beyond his short domination in the kitchen.

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

But in his short lifetime, which ended exactly 184 years ago today, he would forever revolutionize French gourmet food (美食), write best-selling cook books and think up magical dishes for royals and other important people.

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Francesca Haass, a senior at middlebury, says, "I find the in-class ones are more stressful in the short term, but there is immediate relief as you swallow information like mad, and then you get to forget it all."

2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

I thought I'd like to be a policewoman but they turned me down, because I was too short.

2015年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

Research now shows that regular quizzes, short essays, and other assignments over the course of a term better enhance learning and retention.

2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

So in short, if you like sunny but not too hot summers, mild winters but with lots of cloudy days, Seattle's the place to be.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Some raised more than twice their goals, but others have fallen short of reaching even modest targets.

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

Team-building skills are in short supply: Deloitte reports that only 12% of the executives they contacted feel they understand the way people work together in networks and only 21% feel confident in their ability to build cross functional teams.

2017年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

The man who conceives Songdo feels disappointed because it has fallen short of his expectations.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

While many birds travelled along well-known routes to warmer climates, others stopped short and spent the winter on landfills, feeding on food waste, and the multitudes of insects that thrive on the dumps.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

In the short-term, the birds seem to benefit from overwintering on rubbish dumps.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year, found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable in the short term, but certainly brings long-term rewards.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

That falls far short of the billions of dollars people once expected it to generate.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Working parents say they feel stressed, tired, rushed and short on quality time with their children, friends and partners.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Articles were to be short, readable and uplifting.

2018年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

In a few short years, he turned the magazine on its head.

2018年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

In short, success in creating AI could be the biggest event in the history of our civilisation.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

Internal recovery refers to the shorter periods of relaxation that take place within the frames of the work day or the work setting in the form of short scheduled or unscheduled breaks, by shifting at physical resources required for the initial task are t

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Perhaps one explanation for her mistakes is that she cut short her Suriname trip after getting bick, and completed the book at home in Amsterdam.

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

The millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year, found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable

2016年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

The same held true for people who used products that implied they were short on time.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

The same held true for people who used products that implied they were short on time: In one experiment, for example, customers of the grocery-delivery service Peapod were seen as of higher status than people who shopped at grocery stores that were equall

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

They just ask for one questionnaire to be sent out, for example, so the time you spend on an ad-hoc project tends to be fairly short.

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

When tim Joseph started his business, he found grass-fed products fell short of demand.

2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

You are going to give a short speech of thanks for the speaker this evening, aren't you, Bill?

2017年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

And we'll pour about 30 percent more liquid into a short, wide glass than a tall, skinny glass.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Another way of setting realistic goals is to analyze your short and long term objectives, keeping in mind your beliefs, values and strengths.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Arriving in Sydney on his own from India, my husband, Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

I tried to hold off at first, I played it cool for a short while.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Indeed official figures suggest the country has shrunk by 5% since 1993 and people in Russia live a shorter life now than those in 1961.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

It might seem unkind to cut people short when they interrupt you.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 选项

Recent studies show that we are far more productive at work if we take short breaks regularly.

2016年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

Send a short notice to everyone.

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

So I wrote a short note.

2015年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

The first session of the China institute in America short course beijing: the city through its architecture opens on Wednesday.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 信息匹配 原文

The meetings will start at 10:00 am, and end at 3:00 pm, with a short lunch break.

2015年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文

The poem was just three short sections.

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

The real reason why prices were, and still are, too high is complex, and no short discussion can satisfactorily explain this problem.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文

Those words made me see clearly that when I had fallen short in the past, it was seldom because I had tried and failed.

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Thursday sees us make the short journey to Paris where we will visit disneyland Paris park, staying until late to see the parade and the fireworks.

2018年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

What the plants pump through the air is a mixture of chemicals known as volatile organic compounds, vocs for short.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

When we got a call saying she was short-listed, we thought it was a joke.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

Within a short time, however, the burden of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文

You probably can wear shorts tomorrow.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

At the same time, Dickens, who had a reporter’s eye for transcribing the life around him especially anything comic or odd, submitted short sketches to obscure magazines.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

The emerging consensus around the bill is a sign that legislators are getting frightened about a politically embarrassing short-term collapse at the USPS.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

At the same time, Dickens, who had a reporter's eye for transcribing the life around him especially anything comic or odd, submitted short sketches to obscure magazines.

2017年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Britain's new rule is a reminder to bankers that society has an interest in their performance, not just for the short term but for the long term.

2019年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Buddhist priests offer a short sermon and recite prayers of blessing.

2016年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

In a 2012 survey, 71 percent of tree-fruit growers and almost 80 percent of raisin and berry growers said they were short of labor.

2019年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

In short, these are the types of jobs that machines can perform much better at than human beings.

2014年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

In short, the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face, while a woman glares at the back of it, wanting to talk.

2010年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

While these measures would be welcome in the short term, we must face up to the fact that the existing £4.5bn programme of grants to fund new affordable housing, set to expire in 2015, is unlikely to be extended beyond then.

2014年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

  • 2. accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

  • 3. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between 2nd and 3rd base

Verb
  • 1. cheat someone by not returning him enough money

  • 2. create a short-circuit in

Adjective
  • 1. primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration;

    "a short life"

    "a short flight"

    "a short holiday"

    "a short story"

    "only a few short months"

  • 2. primarily spatial sense; having little length or lacking in length;

    "short skirts"

    "short hair"

    "the board was a foot short"

    "a short toss"

  • 3. low in stature; not tall;

    "his was short and stocky"

    "short in stature"

    "a short smokestack"

  • 4. not sufficient to meet a need;

    "an inadequate income"

    "a poor salary"

    "money is short"

    "on short rations"

    "food is in short supply"

    "short on experience"

  • 5. not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices;

    "a short sale"

    "short in cotton"

  • 6. of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively short duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt')

  • 7. containing a large amount of shortening; therefore tender and easy to crumble or break into flakes;

    "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"

    "a short flaky pie crust"

  • 8. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so;

    "a light pound"

    "a scant cup of sugar"

    "regularly gives short weight"

  • 9. used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration

  • 10. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range;

    "a short memory"

  • 11. lacking foresight or scope;

    "a short view of the problem"

    "shortsighted policies"

    "shortsighted critics derided the plan"

    "myopic thinking"

  • 12. unwilling to endure;

    "she was short with the slower students"

  • 13. quickly aroused to anger;

    "a hotheaded commander"

  • 14. most direct;

    "took the shortest and most direct route to town"

  • 15. marked by rude or peremptory shortness;

    "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"

    "a curt reply"

    "the salesgirl was very short with him"

Adverb
  • 1. quickly and without warning;

    "he stopped suddenly"

  • 2. without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold;

    "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"

  • 3. clean across;

    "the car's axle snapped short"

  • 4. at some point or distance before a goal is reached;

    "he fell short of our expectations"

  • 5. so as to interrupt;

    "She took him up short before he could continue"

  • 6. at a disadvantage;

    "I was caught short"

  • 7. tightly;

    "she caught him up short on his lapel"

  • 8. in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner;

    "he told me curtly to get on with it"

    "he talked short with everyone"

    "he said shortly that he didn't like it"

反义词

adj.短的;矮的

longtall

其他释义

talllongabundant

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