short 意味 & 読み方

日本語でのshortの意味

• 0 having a small distance from one end to the other -- （距離的に）短い

  • short, brown hair

  • short legs

• 1 continuing for a small amount of time -- （時間的に）短い

  • a short visit

• 2 A short person is not as tall as most people. -- 背が低い

• 3 A short book or other piece of writing has not many pages or words. -- （本や文書が）短い

  • It’s a very short book – you’ll read it in an hour.

• 4 not having enough of something -- 足りない, 不足している

  • I’m a bit short of money at the moment.

• 5 used to refer to a shorter form of a name or word -- ～の略である

  • Her name’s Jo – it’s short for Josephine.

• 6 to have to stop doing something before it is finished -- ～を途中でやめる, 途中で切り上げる

  • She had to cut her speech short when the fire alarm went off.