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short的意思、解釋
過去式：shorted; 過去分詞：shorted; 現(xiàn)在分詞：shorting; 復數(shù)形式：shorts;
short 基本解釋形容詞短期的; 短的，短暫的; 矮的; 短缺的
副詞突然; 唐突地; 簡短地; 橫貫地
名詞短路; 缺乏; 短褲
及物動詞故意少給…的零頭，騙取
不及物動詞短路
short是什么意思
short 同義詞形容詞smallpunybriefslightcurtconciselittlesuccinct
short 反義詞形容詞longtall
short 相關詞組
1. little short of : 簡直不比...差；
2. in short : 總之；
3. be taken short : 突然覺得要大便；
4. short of : 缺乏, 達不到；
5. for short : 簡稱, 縮寫；
6. go short : [經] 短缺, 賣空；
7. run short (of) : 缺少, 快用完；
8. short and sweet : [口]直截了當, 簡短扼要；
9. cut short : 打斷, 縮減；
10. short for : 簡短的；
short 相關例句
形容詞
1. These goods are in short supply.
這些貨物來源不充裕。
2. We are short of men.
我們缺少人手。
3. short的意思
3. We are short of skilled labor.
我們缺少技術工人。
4. short是什么意思
4. This biscuit eats short.
這種餅干吃起來很松脆。
副詞
1. He stopped short and looked back.
他突然止步，回過頭朝后面瞧。
short 情景對話在理發(fā)店
A：Are you being served, sir?
先生，有人招呼您嗎？
B：No, not yet. I just want a haircut.
還沒有。我只想理發(fā)。
A：Will you sit here, please? How would you like it cut?
請您坐這兒好嗎？想理什么樣的？
B：I want it short.
剪短些就行。
A：But it’s short already, sir.
可您的頭發(fā)已經很短了。
B：I mean very short, shorter than it is now.
我的意思是很短，比現(xiàn)在再短些。
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A：Shall I just trim it?
那就修修好吧？
B：No, You can cut quite a bit off. I like it to be very short all over. Do you see what I mean?
不，請多剪些。我想把上上下下都剪得短短的。你明白我的意思嗎？
A：Oh, I see. You like the Chinese style, don’t you?
噢，明白了，您喜歡中國式的。
B：Yes, in the Chinese style.
是的。要中國式的。
A：Would you like to have a shampoo, sir?
先生，先洗洗頭嗎？
B：No, thank you.
不用了，謝謝。
short的解釋
A：How about oil or spray?
要不要抹點發(fā)膏或噴點香水？
short是什么意思
B：No, nothing of the kind.
不，什么也不用。
A：There! How is that?
好了，您看行嗎？
B：That’s very good!
很好。
周末計劃
A：What are your weekend arrangements?
你的周末怎么安排啊？
B：There’re many things I can do on weekends.
周末我要做很多事。
A：What sort of things are you interested in?
你對怎么樣的事感興趣？
B：I’m keen on taking short trips to nearby scenic spots. More often than not, I go with some of my friends. By the way, what are your favorites?
我喜歡到附近的風景點走一走，有時間和一些朋友一起去。順便問一下，你最喜歡做什么？
A：I love swimming and cycling. On Sunday morning I have swimming practice for an hour. In the afternoon, I just ride my bike around the city or along the country roads for almost two hours.
我喜歡游泳和騎自行車。在星期天上午，我要游泳鍛煉一小時，而下午我還要花兩小時騎車在城里轉一轉，或沿著鄉(xiāng)間路騎。
B：That’s great! I think they do you a lot of good. Where do you swim?
真不錯！我想鍛煉給了你很多好處。你在哪兒游泳？
A：Mostly in the city’s swimming pool. But on occasion, I go to the beach with friends. Well, what do you do at leisure?
大多數(shù)時候在城里的游泳池，有時候同朋友一起到海邊游，真開心！嗯，你在業(yè)余時間做什么？
B：I’m fond of dancing.
我喜歡跳舞。
A：Good. You really know how to enjoy yourself.
很好，你真會享受生活。
B：Thanks. And you, too, I think.
謝謝，你也差不多。
促銷
A：I am going to be home a little bit late tonight. You’ll have to have supper on your own.
今晚我要晚一點回家，你就自己吃晚飯吧。
B：Why is that?
為什么啊？
short是什么意思
A：There’s a big sale at Macy’s today. Everything is either buy one, get one free, or half price.
今天麥希商店大促銷，所有的東西不是買一送一就是半價。
short的近義詞
B：You’re not going to spend all of our money, are you?
你不會把我們所有的錢都花了吧？
A：Of course not. The offer is too good to pass up, isn’t it?
當然不會了。只是如此好機會不應該錯過。
B：I guess so. Would you mind picking up some shirts for me if you see some?
我想也是，如果你看到襯衣，幫我買幾件好嗎？
A：Sure, which color would you like?
好，你喜歡什么顏色。
short的意思
B：A green and a light blue one.
一件綠色和一件淺藍色的。
A：Ok. Would you like long sleeve or short sleeve shirts?
好。你喜歡長袖還是短袖。
B：Long sleeves, please.
長袖的吧。
A：Do you need anything else?
你還需要別的嗎？
B：Check out the appliances section. We could really need another washing machine.
去看看家電區(qū)，我們可能再買一臺洗衣機。
A：Ok, I will. Hopefully that will be half off instead of buy one get one free.
好，我會去看的。希望那兒東西是半價而不是買一送一。
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B：Just have a look.
去看一下吧。
A：Anything else?
還要別的嗎？
B：Actually, we could use a new lawn mower. And maybe a grill for the backyard.
實際上，我們可能要一臺新的割草機。還有后院得配一個烤架。
A：Do you just want to come along? It might be easier if we both went.
你想要和我一起去嗎？要是倆個人去可能會容易些。
B：Yeah, you’re right. Let’s go!
你說的對，我們一起去吧！
A：Do you have any money?
你有錢嗎？
B：No, but I have plenty of credit cards.
沒有，但是我有足夠的信用卡。
A：Maybe I should hang on to those. I know what happens when you get around tools and machines!
或許我應該帶著。當你在逛工具和機器區(qū)的時候，我知道會出現(xiàn)什么情況！
short 網絡解釋1. 短的：Tns007 菊丸:好了,接下來要進行的是關于青學正選的 簡短的(short) 問答大石:第一個問題:除了自己飾演的角色(character)外,你還想飾哪個角色?桃城:比賽模式(mode)也很多呢,可以隨自己喜愛的選擇練習比賽模式,決定雙打的雙打模式,(其他模式沒聽懂)啊~選擇不過來呢
short 雙語例句1. Drive circuit with over-temperature protection, short circuit protection, long life design and high reliability.
驅動電路具有過溫保護，短路保護，長壽命設計可靠性高。
2. In this paper, both open and short circuit of the rotating diode s in brushless synchronous excitation machines with rotating diode phase compound excitation are is analyzed in detail.
分析了相復勵旋硅式無刷同步勵磁電機旋轉二極管的開路和短路狀態(tài)，并以某大功率中速柴油發(fā)電機組為例，分析了其旋轉二極管監(jiān)測電路框圖的工作原理，該監(jiān)測電路在二極管開路時能延時發(fā)出信號，而在二極管短路時能迅速解列發(fā)電機，以維護機組的安全。
3. Then with my growing up gradually, I thought the rosebay trees were becoming short.
后來，我逐漸長高了，夾竹桃在我眼中也就逐漸矮了起來。
4. Our products are stable in quality and we can cater for customers of batch supply in a short period.
現(xiàn)已為多家整車廠和家用電器廠提供配套，并可根據(jù)客戶的要求生產各式注塑產品。
5. A possible reasons may be insufficient cases, small andatypical family, too short gene screening field; becase heterogeneity exists in idiopathic nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy, there may be gene mutation in other regions except the 5~ exons of the CHRNA4 and CHRNB2 genes in nAChR. There may also be other unknown responsible genes except nAChR.
可能的原因為病例數(shù)少，家系不典型，篩選基因范圍過窄，未能有陽性發(fā)現(xiàn)；由于特發(fā)性夜間額葉癲癇存在遺傳異質性，可能存在nAChR中CHRNA4、CHRNB2基因第5外顯子以外的其他位點的基因突變，也可能存在nAChR以外的其他尚未明確的責任基因。
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6. Electromagnetism coupling, fast and stable, axis transmitting, high rate, less noise and abrasion, low failure rate; 6、new type circuit design, using inserting style integrated circuit board to control the whole packing operation and iron head temperature, separating the circuit part, and the maintenance of circuit board is conveniently; 7、new type electric-heat steel slice design, long life, fast heat fading, avoid the fault of shapeless and short circuit which general iron head usually caused; 8、may use the packing strap with 6-15mm width, ensure the adhesive efficiency consistently; 9、setting swift adjusting knob, can freely adjust the bundling power conveniently.
超過60秒不再操作時，馬達會自動停機，進入待機狀態(tài)；5、電磁離合，快速平穩(wěn)，連軸式傳動，速度快、噪聲小、磨損少、故障率低；6、新型電路設計，采用插入式集成電路板控制整個打包動作和燙頭溫度，把電路部份分開，電路板維修檢查方便；7、新型電熱鋼片設計，壽命長、退熱快，免除普通燙頭之易變型和短路的缺點；8、可使用6-15mm寬度之打包帶，保證粘合效果完整一致；9、設有快速調節(jié)旋鈕，捆緊力大小可任意調節(jié)相當方便。
7. Some, such as the short-rotation willow coppice, will decontaminate soil that has been polluted with wastewater or heavy metals as it grows.
有些植物，如短輪伐期柳樹矮林會污染土壤，隨著它的增長，土壤被污染的水或重金屬的廢水所污染。
8. short是什么意思
8. With time, this misremembering only gets worse. A false statement from a noncredible source that is at first not believed can gain credibility during the months it takes to reprocess memories from short-term hippocampal storage to longer-term cortical storage.
記憶失誤隨著時間的推移只有進一步惡化，虛假陳述來源不可信的縱使第一次不相信，但幾個月期間經過從短期海馬儲存到長期皮層存儲后，重新回憶處理就使虛假陳述取得公信力了。
9. Secondly, the method can make people＇ s recognizing and remembering convert from the short-term memory into long-term memory quickly and smoothly, can get rid of the interference of proactive inhibition and retroactive inhibition effectively.
數(shù)序形象掛鉤法能使人的識記很快通過短時記憶而快速地順利進入長時記憶，能有效防止前攝抑制、倒攝抑制和緊張性抑制的干擾，且在以后的較長時間里遺忘較少較慢。
10. It's believed that the future development of oxyfluoride glass ceramics will focus on the realization of unitization of materials, and the realization of high efficient short wavelength laser output, particularly in blue-green laser output.
認為氧氟微晶玻璃今后的發(fā)展重點將是實現(xiàn)材料的器件化，并實現(xiàn)高效率的短波長激光輸出，尤其是藍綠激光輸出。
11. Lightning voltages may be of high magnitude but are of very short duration; their time is measured in microseconds.
雷電過電壓具有很高的幅值，但持續(xù)時間極短，以微秒計算。
12. short是什么意思
12. The concerned research works of VFTO is investigated. A new transient circuit model to the question of the steep front and high amplitude value of VFTO is proposed based on general transient circuit model. The numeric simulation that disconnector switched off short bus has been proceeded by using above circuit model and the comparison of results with the one based on EMTP are given.
首先針對操作GIS中隔離開關所產生的快速暫態(tài)過電壓上升時間短及幅值高的特點，在一般暫態(tài)電路模型的基礎上提出了新的暫態(tài)電路模型，并利用該模型，對GIS中隔離開關切斷短母線的等值電路進行了數(shù)值模擬，并與電磁暫態(tài)程序的計算結果進行了比較。
13. Drunken Rage: Gragas guzzles brew from his cask, restoring mana over a short period of time.
酒瘋：飲用酒桶中自制的烈酒，在短時間內回復一定的魔法。
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14. I want to say to you: Be in be apart from direction of past Chengdu of county of plain of short of Wenshui River the summit of village of 7 dishes of channel of 7 kilometers.
我想對你說：就在距離汶川縣城往成都方向7公里的七盤溝村山頂。
15. Although, it seems that the priority for agriculture water use is higher than other water demand when the agriculture water demand is preserved, the manipulation for agriculture demand is conservative. Been preserved as a higher water right, the agriculture water demand is to keep the same amount as it used to be, but not considering the potential need of long or short period water re-distribution caused by the hydrological or environmental condition such as the draught period or the depletion of groundwater water.
水權保留』雖然名義上在用水順序為第一優(yōu)先，惟就水源調配而言，卻是一種消極的處理方式，因其對農業(yè)用水只是現(xiàn)況的維持，并未考慮農業(yè)水田環(huán)境生態(tài)的改變或因應枯旱時期用水等，而亦必須進行水源長期或短期的調配，而此以濁水溪沖積扇最為明顯。
16. It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life.
這是你那么努力工作生活中的所有只是一個短的提醒。
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17. Methods: A cross-sectional study in which 120 patients'demographic and clinical characteristics were documented and their HRQOL was conducted by using the Chinese version of Short Form-36. The association of HRQOL impairment with clinical parameters was compared between patients and normal persons by univariate analysis and multiple logistic stepwise regression.
采用簡明生命質量測定量表(SF-36)中文版對120例乙肝肝硬化患者的生活質量進行測量，對其影響因素進行單因素分析和多因素logistic回歸分析，并與正常人群進行對比。
18. He had no baggage to collect as he only took a briefcase for his short trip.
他的協(xié)和航班從倫敦到紐約當然是直飛當他到達紐約時他直接通過移民和海關檢查處他沒有任何大的行李只有短途旅行帶的一小提箱他走過抵港大廳他的妻正那和他打招呼就當天早上她為他送行她并沒有乘飛機或者輪船那她是怎么見到他的呢？
19. short
19. Large family of bark boring or wood boring short beaked beetles very destructive to forest and trees.
蛀樹皮或蛀木頭短嘴的甲殼蟲；對森林和數(shù)破壞嚴重。
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20. China, the pigeons are generally emphasize short beak and feather color purity, I do not know your country is what kind of pigeons collectables.
我們中國的鴿子一般都是講究嘴短和羽色純凈，不知道貴國的鴿子什么樣的是精品。
short 詞典解釋形容詞和副詞用法（ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB USES）
1. -> see Please look at category 24 to if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword. 以下義項中未列出的表達方式請參第24項。
2. 短暫的;短促的;短期的
If something is short or lasts for a short time, it does not last very long.
e.g. The announcement was made a short time ago...
通告是不久前才宣布的。
e.g. How could you do it in such a short period of time?...
你是怎么在如此短的時間里做到的？
3. 似乎過得很快的;短暫的
If you talk about a short hour, day, or year, you mean that it seems to have passed very quickly or will seem to pass very quickly.
e.g. For a few short weeks there was peace...
有過短短幾周的和平。
e.g. Only five short years later, your money will have grown by $94,000.
僅短短 5 年時間后，你的錢就會增多 94,000 美元。
4. (演講、信件、書等)短的，簡短的
A short speech, letter, or book does not have many words or pages in it.
e.g. They were performing a short extract from Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona...
他們正表演莎士比亞劇作《維洛那二紳士》中的一個片段。
e.g. This is a short note to say thank you.
這是一封簡短的致謝信。
5. 矮的;個子矮的
Someone who is short is not as tall as most people are.
e.g. I'm tall and thin and he's short and fat.
我又高又瘦，他又矮又胖。
e.g. ...a short, elderly woman with grey hair...
頭發(fā)灰白的矮個子老婦人
6. (距離、長度等)短的，不長的，不遠的
Something that is short measures only a small amount from one end to the other.
short的翻譯
e.g. The city centre and shops are only a short distance away...
市中心和商店離得很近。
e.g. A short flight of steps led to a grand doorway...
一段短短的臺階通向一個氣派的大門口。
7. 短缺的;不足的
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.
e.g. Her father's illness left the family short of money...
她父親的病造成家里經濟拮據(jù)。
e.g. Government forces are running short of ammunition and fuel...
政府軍的彈藥和燃料都快用完了。
8. 少于;不及;未達到
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.
e.g. He stopped a hundred yards short of the building...
他在離大樓 100 碼處停下了。
e.g. So what happens if the Socialists top the poll but fall short of an absolute majority?...
那么如果社會黨人得票領先卻又未達到絕對多數(shù)，那會怎么樣呢？
9. 除…之外;沒有;如果不
Short of a particular thing means except for that thing or without actually doing that thing.
e.g. Short of climbing railings four metres high, there was no way into the garden from this road...
除非爬過 4 米高的欄桿，否則從這條路沒辦法進到園子里。
e.g. They have no means, short of civil war, to enforce their will upon the minorities.
他們只有通過內戰(zhàn)才能將意志強加給少數(shù)派。
10. 終止;中斷;打斷
If something is cut short or stops short, it is stopped before people expect it to or before it has finished.
short的近義詞
e.g. His glittering career was cut short by a heart attack...
他輝煌的事業(yè)因心臟病發(fā)作而被迫終止。
e.g. Jackson cut short his trip to Africa...
杰克遜提前結束了他的非洲之行。
11. 簡略的;縮寫的;簡稱的
If a name or abbreviation is short for another name, it is the short version of that name.
e.g. Her friend Kes (short for Kesewa) was in tears...
她的朋友凱斯(凱茜娃的簡稱)眼淚汪汪。
e.g. 'O.O.B.E.' is short for 'Out Of Body Experience'.
O.O.B.E. 是 Out Of Body Experience (身外體驗)的縮略形式。
12. 暴躁的;易怒的
If you have a short temper, you get angry very easily.
e.g. ...an awkward, self-conscious woman with a short temper.
脾氣暴躁、笨拙又忸怩的女人
13. 說話簡短粗暴的;簡慢無禮的
If you are short with someone, you speak briefly and rather rudely to them, because you are impatient or angry.
e.g. She seemed nervous or tense, and she was definitely short with me.
她似乎很焦慮，抑或是很緊張，對我明顯很不客氣。
14. (尤指在一時找不到廁所的情況下)內急，突然感覺要上廁所
If you are caught short or are taken short, you feel a sudden strong need to urinate, especially when you cannot easily find a toilet.
short什么意思
15. 作為簡稱;作為縮寫
If a person or thing is called something for short, that is the short version of their name.
e.g. Opposite me was a woman called Jasminder (Jazzy for short)...
我對面是一位名叫賈絲明德(簡稱杰絲)的女子。
e.g. This condition is called seasonal affective disorder, or SAD for short.
這種病情叫做季節(jié)性情感失調癥，或簡稱 SAD。
16. 缺乏(尤指食物)
If you go short of something, especially food, you do not have as much of it as you want or need.
short的近義詞
e.g. Some people may manage their finances badly and therefore have to go short of essentials.
有些人可能極不善于理財，因而不得不缺衣少食地將就過活。
17. 總之;簡而言之
You use in short when you have been giving a lot of details and you want to give a conclusion or summary.
e.g. Try tennis, badminton or windsurfing. In short, anything challenging...
試試網球、羽毛球或帆板運動吧。總之，只要是有挑戰(zhàn)性的。
e.g. She was surrounded by doctors, lawyers, housewives — people, in short, like herself.
她被醫(yī)生、律師、家庭主婦——總之是一群像她一樣的人——所包圍著。
18. 可以說是;簡直;無異于
You use nothing short of or little short of to emphasize how great or extreme something is. For example, if you say that something is nothing short of a miracle or nothing short of disastrous, you are emphasizing that it is a miracle or it is disastrous.
e.g. The results are nothing short of magnificent...
結果非常不錯。
e.g. His last visit to Washington was little short of a fiasco.
他最近對華盛頓的訪問幾乎是一場慘敗。
19. 冒傻氣的;不聰明的;愚蠢的;不理智的
If you say that someone is, for example, several cards short of a full deck or one sandwich short of a picnic, you think they are stupid, foolish, or crazy.
short的意思
20. 缺乏，缺少(某種優(yōu)良品質)
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.
e.g. He was very short on enthusiasm...
他太缺乏熱情。
e.g. The proposals were short on detail.
這些提議缺少細節(jié)。
21. 險些(做…)；差點沒(做…)
If someone stops short of doing something, they come close to doing it but do not actually do it.
e.g. He stopped short of explicitly criticizing the government...
他幾乎要直言批評政府了。
e.g. The resolution stopped short of an outright declaration of independence.
這項決議幾乎成為公開的獨立宣言。
22. (因雇主付不起全工時工錢而出現(xiàn)的)短工時，開工不足
If workers are put on short time, they are asked to work fewer hours than the normal working week, because their employer can not afford to pay them a full time wage.
e.g. Workers across the country have been put on short time because of the slump in demand...
因需求量大幅下降，全國的工人都開工不足。
e.g. Most manufacturers have had to introduce short-time working.
大多數(shù)制造商不得不推行短工時工作制。
23. 使突然終止;使突然中斷
If something pulls you up short or brings you up short, it makes you suddenly stop what you are doing.
e.g. The name on the gate pulled me up short.
大門上的名字讓我突然停了下來。
24. 干凈利落地處理(或打敗);迅速解決
If you make short work of someone or something, you deal with them or defeat them very quickly.
e.g. Agassi made short work of his opponent.
阿加西干凈利落地擊敗了對手。
25. short of breath -> see breath
at short notice -> see notice
to sell someone short -> see sell
to get short shrift -> see shrift
to cut a long story short -> see story
to draw the short straw -> see straw
in short supply -> see supply
in the short term -> see term
名詞用法（NOUN USES）
1. 短褲
Shorts are trousers with very short legs, that people wear in hot weather or for taking part in sports.
e.g. ...two women in bright cotton shorts and tee shirts.
兩名身著色彩艷麗的棉質短褲和T恤衫的女子
2. (男式)內褲，襯褲
Shorts are men's underpants with short legs.
short的翻譯
3. 少量烈酒(如威士忌、杜松子酒、伏特加等)
A short is a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink such as whisky, gin, or vodka, rather than a weaker alcoholic drink that you can drink in larger quantities.
4. (尤指正片放映前的)電影短片
A short is a short film, especially one that is shown before the main film at the cinema.
short 單語例句1. The official said the launch of margin trading and short selling business will help boost the efficiency of the capital markets.
2. The business is now so popular that Xia says he's short of staff.
3. He said the visit was cut short after officials realized the man was trying to pursue " very personal " business with Fritzl.
4. " We are all very short of money, " a US businesswoman said at the Xiamen trade fair.
5. But Jiang stopped short of commenting on the resignation of British Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday.
6. Her new short do uncovered a tattoo running down the back of her neck, which has been hidden for years by her hair extensions.
7. The French coach seemed to be particularly angered by United midfielder Darren Fletcher's challenges but stopped short of accusing the Scot by name.
8. Shanghai weather at this time of the year is characterized by long heat spells broken only by short bursts of torrential rain.
9. Shanghai weather at this time of the year is characterised by long heat spells broken only by short bursts of torrential rain.
10. One short piece of this ink landscape is held by the Zhejiang Provincial Museum.
short 英英釋義short在線翻譯
noun
1. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
Synonym: shortstop
2. the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
3. accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
Synonym: short circuit
short什么意思
verb
1. create a short circuit in
Synonym: short-circuit
2. cheat someone by not returning him enough money
Synonym: short-change
short什么意思
adj
1. tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
e.g. shortbread is a short crumbly cookie
a short flaky pie crust
2. (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
e.g. short skirts
short hair
the board was a foot short
a short toss
3. primarily temporal sense
indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
e.g. a short life
a short flight
a short holiday
a short story
only a few short months
4. of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
e.g. the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short
5. not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
e.g. a short sale
short in cotton
6. lacking foresight or scope
e.g. a short view of the problem
shortsighted policies
shortsighted critics derided the plan
myopic thinking
Synonym: shortsightedunforesightfulmyopic
7. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
e.g. a short memory
Synonym: unretentiveforgetful
8. not sufficient to meet a need
e.g. an inadequate income
a poor salary
money is short
on short rations
food is in short supply
short on experience
Synonym: inadequatepoor
9. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
e.g. a light pound
a scant cup of sugar
regularly gives short weight
Synonym: lightscant(p)
10. low in stature
not tall
e.g. he was short and stocky
short in stature
a short smokestack
a little man
Synonym: little
adv
1. quickly and without warning
e.g. he stopped suddenly
Synonym: abruptlysuddenlydead
2. in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
e.g. he told me curtly to get on with it
he talked short with everyone
he said shortly that he didn't like it
Synonym: curtlyshortly
3. at a disadvantage
e.g. I was caught short
Synonym: unawares
4. so as to interrupt
e.g. She took him up short before he could continue
5. at some point or distance before a goal is reached
e.g. he fell short of our expectations
6. clean across
e.g. the car's axle snapped short
7. without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
e.g. he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash