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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

short

英  [ʃɔːt]
    

[ADJ, ADV, NOUN]

    ADJ. 形容词

  • shorter , shortest

    1. 短暂的

    If something is short or lasts for a short time, it does not last very long.

    双语例句

    例：

    The announcement was made a short time ago.

    这个通告是在不久前刚发布的。

    例：

    Kemp gave a short laugh.

    肯普笑了一下。

    2. 简短的

    A short speech, letter, or book does not have many words or pages in it.

    双语例句

    例：

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

    他们正在表演莎士比亚戏剧《两位维罗纳绅士》中一个简短的片段。

    3. 矮的

    Someone who is short is not as tall as most people are.

    双语例句

    例：

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

    我又高又瘦，他又矮又胖。

    例：

    a short, elderly woman with grey hair.

    一个头发灰白的矮小老妇人。

    4. 短的

    Something that is short measures only a small amount from one end to the other.

    双语例句

    例：

    The restaurant is only a short distance away.

    那个饭店就在不远处。

    例：

    A short flight of steps led to a grand doorway.

    一段短短的楼梯通向一个宽敞的门道。

    5. 短缺的

    If you are short of something or if it is short, you do not have enough of it. If you are running short of something or if it is running short, you do not have much of it left.

    双语例句

    例：

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

    他父亲的病令全家都生活拮据。

    例：

    Government forces are running short of ammunition and fuel.

    政府军现在缺少弹药和燃料。

    6. 未达到的

    If someone or something is or stops short of a place, they have not quite reached it. If they are or fall short of an amount, they have not quite achieved it.

    双语例句

    例：

    He stopped a hundred yards short of the building.

    他停在离那座建筑还有100码远的地方。

    7. 简称的

    If a name or abbreviation is short for another name, it is the short version of that name.

    双语例句

    例：

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

    她的朋友凯斯（凯斯瓦的简称）在流泪。

    8. 易怒的

    If you have a short temper, you get angry very easily.

    双语例句

    例：

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

    一个笨拙忸怩而且脾气暴躁的女人，

    9. 简慢无礼的

    If you are short with someone, you speak briefly and rather rudely to them, because you are impatient or angry.

    双语例句

    例：

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

    她好像很紧张或者很焦急，而且对我显然很无礼。

    ADV. 副词
  • 1. 提早结束地

    If something is cut short or stops short, it is stopped before people expect it to or before it has finished.

    双语例句

    例：

    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。

    NOUN. 名词

  • shorts

    1. [PL 复数] 短裤

    Shorts are trousers with very short legs that people wear in hot weather or for taking part in sports.

    双语例句

    例：

    two women in bright cotton shorts and tee shirts.

    两个穿着鲜丽棉短裤和T恤的女人。

    2. [C 可数名词] （电影院正片前放映的）短片

    A short is a short film, especially one that is shown before the main film at the cinema.

    PHRASE. 习语

  • be short on something

    1. 缺少某物

    If someone or something is short on a particular good quality, they do not have as much of it as you think they should have.

    双语例句

    例：

    The proposals were short on detail.

    这些提议缺少细节。

  • short of

    1. 除…外

    Short of a particular thing means except for that thing or without actually doing that thing.

    双语例句

    例：

    Short of gagging the children, there was not much she could do about the noise.

    除了不让孩子们说话之外，她对那噪音无能为力。

  • stop short of

    1. 险些

    If someone stops short of doing something, they come close to doing it but do not actually do it.

    双语例句

    例：

    He stopped short of explicitly criticizing the government.

    他差一点就直言不讳地批评政府了。

  • for short

    1. 作为简称

    If a person or thing is called something for short, that is the short version of their name.

    双语例句

    例：

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

    我对面是个叫杰丝明德（简称杰丝）的女人。

  • in short

    1. 简而言之

    You use in short when you have been giving a lot of details and you want to give a conclusion or summary.

    双语例句

    例：

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

    试试网球、羽毛球或帆板运动。简而言之，任何有挑战性的东西。

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