short

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

大小写变形: Short

词态变化

复数 :   shorts ; 比较级 :   shorter ; 最高级 :   shortest ; 名词 :   shortness ;

实用场景例句

The announcement was issued only a short time ago...

这份公告刚发布了一小会儿...

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How did you manage to complete it in such a short time?

你是怎么在这么短的时间内完成的？

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Tranquility briefly took hold in those short-lived weeks...

那段短暂的时光里，宁静曾短暂占据上风...

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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。

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The performers delivered a short excerpt from Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona"...

表演者们演绎了莎士比亚《维洛那二绅士》中的一个简短片段...

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A short note to convey my appreciation.

这是一条传达感激之情的简短便条。

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Slender as I am, my physique stands in stark contrast to his short, stocky figure.

我身形纤瘦，与他矮小结实的体格形成鲜明反差。

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A short, elderly woman with gleaming silver hair

一位有着闪亮银发的矮小老妇人

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The stores and city center are only a short stroll away.

商店和市中心区域只需短暂步行即可到达。

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

一段短短的台阶通向一扇气派的大门...

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The family was short of money because of her dad's illness.

这个家庭因为父亲的病而缺钱。

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Ammunition and fuel stocks are growing short at an alarming rate for the government forces.

政府部队的弹药和燃料储备正以惊人的速度变得短缺。

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The individual came to a short stop roughly a hundred yards from the building.

那人在离大楼大约一百码的地方短暂停下。

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Should the Socialists top the polls but come short of a full majority, what would happen?

若社会党人在民调中领先但距离绝对多数票还差一点，会发生什么？

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Climbing over the short, four-meter barriers was the only way to reach the garden through this route...

攀爬过那四米高的矮障碍物是通过这条路进入花园的唯一方法...

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Despite being short of violent means, they possess no way to enforce their will upon marginalized communities.

由于缺乏暴力手段，他们无法将自己的意志强加于边缘化群体。

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The brilliant arc of his career was cut short by a sudden heart attack.

他辉煌的职业生涯因突发心脏病而骤然中断。

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Jackson cut short his African expedition without warning...

杰克逊毫无预兆地缩短了他的非洲探险之旅。

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Eyes brimming with tears, her friend Kes (short for Kesewa) stood silently.

她的朋友凯斯（凯茜娃的简称）静静地站着，眼里噙满泪水。

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

O.O.B.E. 这一缩写是 Out Of Body Experience（体外体验）的简称。

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A short-tempered woman who is awkward and frequently gets flustered, often erupting in rage.

一个脾气暴躁、笨拙且经常慌乱的女性，常常突然发怒。

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Her abrupt manner clearly showed nervousness, possibly even irritation, and her responses to me were undeniably short.

她的唐突举止明显流露出紧张，甚至可能是恼怒，而她对我的回应无疑很简短。

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Facing me was a short woman called Jasminder (often referred to as Jazzy)...

我对面是一位个子娇小的女士，名叫贾丝明德（常被称作杰丝）...

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The term for this condition is seasonal affective disorder, abbreviated as SAD for short.

这种病症被称为季节性情感失调症，简称为 SAD。

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Struggling to make ends meet, some people are short on funds and fail to afford essential daily items.

有些人手头拮据，难以维持生计，连日常必需品都无力购买。

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Try some short activities like basketball, swimming, or rock climbing—anything that tests your boundaries.

不妨尝试一些短时间的活动，比如篮球、游泳或攀岩——任何能考验你极限的运动。

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Short in stature, she stood among doctors, lawyers, and homemakers—people fundamentally like herself—feeling their presence closing in around her.

身材娇小的她站在医生、律师和家庭主妇中间——这些本质上与她相似的人——感觉到他们的存在正从四面逼近。

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The outcomes prove unexpectedly short yet astonishing...

结果最终出人意料地简短却令人惊叹...

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His short stay in the capital nearly turned into a complete disaster.

他短暂的首都停留几乎演变成一场彻底的灾难。

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He was short on patience during the meeting.

他在会议上缺乏耐心。

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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' ( ' , or HSAM for short), 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 ( ' , 过冬) 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"