Значение short в русском языке

• 0 having a small distance from one end to the other -- короткий

  • short, brown hair

  • short legs

  • a short skirt

• 1 continuing for a small amount of time -- короткий, недолгий

  • a short visit

  • There's a short break for coffee between classes.

• 2 A short book or other piece of writing has few pages or words. -- короткий

  • a short article/story

• 3 A short person is not as tall as most people. -- невысокий

  • She's short and slim with dark hair.

• 4 not having enough of something -- испытывающий нехватку чего-либо

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

  • Would you like to play? We're a couple of people short.

  • He seemed a bit short of breath (= having difficulty breathing).

• 5 to be a shorter way of saying the same thing -- быть сокращением от чего-либо

  • 'Mick' is short for 'Michael'.

• 6 to talk to someone quickly in an angry or rude way -- резко разговаривать с кем-либо

• 7 without doing something -- кроме

  • He did everything he could to get the money, short of robbing a bank.

• 8 to almost do something but decide not to do it -- чуть не сделать что-либо

  • She stopped short of accusing him of lying.

• 9 to not reach a particular level, but only by a small amount -- не дотянуть, не достигнуть

  • Sales for the first half of this year fell just short of the target.

• 10 to have to stop doing something before it is finished -- преждевременно прерывать что-либо

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

• 11 in a few words -- короче говоря

  • In short, we need more staff.

• 12 a short film -- короткометражный фильм

• 13 a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink like whisky -- глоток спиртного