short是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 small in length, distance, or height -- 短的；矮的

  • a short skirt 短裙

  • Her hair is much shorter than it used to be. 她的頭髮比過去短多了。

  • It's only a short walk to the station. 去車站只需走很短一段路程。

  • I'm fairly short but my brother's very tall. 我們家人都比較矮，可我弟弟卻很高。

  • Her name's Jo - it's short for Josephine. 她名叫喬，是約瑟芬的簡稱。

  • Her name's Josephine, or Jo for short. 她名叫約瑟芬，或簡稱爲喬。

• 1 being an amount of time that is less than average or usual -- 短的，短暫的

  • a short film/visit 短片／短暫的訪問

  • He's grown so much in such a short time. 他在如此短的時間裡長高了這麽多。

  • I work much better if I take a short break every hour or so. 如果每小時我都休息一小會兒，我的工作效率會高很多。

  • It's a very short book - you'll read it in an hour. 這是一本篇幅很短的書——你一個小時就能讀完。

• 2 to not have enough of something -- 短缺的，缺乏的

  • to be short of space/time 空間／時間不足

  • We're short on coffee - I'd better get some more. 我們的咖啡不多了——我最好去再買一些。

  • The bill comes to £85, but we're £15 short. 賬單是85英鎊，但我們還缺15英鎊。

  • I'm a little short (= I do not have much money) this week - could you lend me ten dollars? 我這星期錢有點不夠用——能借我十塊美金嗎？

  • She's always short of breath when she climbs the stairs. 她爬樓梯時總是上氣不接下氣。

  • Free desks are in short supply in this office. 這間辦公室裡的可用的桌子不夠。

  • My parents didn't have much money, but they made sure we didn't go short (of anything). 我父母並沒有多少錢，但他們總是確保我們衣食無缺。

• 3 saying little but showing slight impatience or anger in the few words that you say -- （說話時）簡短不耐的，簡短慍怒的

  • I'm sorry if I was a bit short with you on the phone this morning. 我很抱歉今天早上我在電話裡對你有點不耐煩。

• 4 a drink of spirits (= type of strong alcohol) without water or any other liquid added -- （未摻兌的）純烈酒

  • She only drinks shorts, never wine or beer. 她只喝純烈酒，從不喝葡萄酒或啤酒。

• 5 a short film, especially one made for showing before the main film at a cinema -- （尤指正片播映之前播放的）電影短片

• 6 informal for short circuit -- 短路（同 short circuit）

• 7 informal for short-circuit (short circuit) -- 短路（同 short circuit）

  • The plumber shorted the washing machine. 水電工把洗衣機弄得短路了。

• 8 before the arranged or expected time or place -- 早；提前

  • We wanted to explain the plans fully, but the chairman stopped us short, as there were other important matters to discuss. 我們想完整地介紹這些計劃，但是主席提前打斷了我們的發言，因爲還有其他重要的事情需要討論。

• 9 used with adjectives ending in -ed formed from nouns to describe something with a short part -- （與以 -ed 結尾、由名詞變化而來的形容詞連用）短…的

  • a short-haired dog (= a dog with short hair) 短毛狗

  • a short-sleeved shirt (= a shirt with short sleeves) 短袖襯衫