英语单词 | short |
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英美音标 | 英 [ʃɔːt] 美 [ʃɔːrt] |
中文释义 | adj.短的;矮的;短期的;短缺的;简略的;粗暴无礼的;[语]短音的 adv.缺少;未达到;半中间(打断);过早地(终止) n.<英口>烈酒;电影短片;[电]短路 v.(使)短路 |
英语例句 | (1) You've cut my hair very short. (2) In contrast with his brothers, Tom is rather short. (3) Let's take a short break for lunch. (4) These goods are in short supply; the price will be high. (5) The usual word "pub" is short for "public house". (6) He was short with me this morning. (7) Compare the short vowel in 'full' and the long vowel in 'fool'. (8) The children mustn't go short of food. (9) We often run short of staff in the summer. (10) All too often you pitch the ball short. (11) His achievements had fallen short of his hopes. (12) Excuse me, but I'll have to cut you short. (13) Her singing career was cut short by a car accident. |
中文例句 | (1) 你把我头发剪得太短了。 (2) 与几位兄弟相比,汤姆的个子相当矮。 (3) 让我们休息一会儿,去吃午饭。 (4) 这些商品现正供应不足,价格会上涨。 (5) 常用的“pub”一词是“public house”的简略形式。 (6) 他今天早上对我无礼。 (7) 比较 full 中的短元音和 fool 中的长元音。 (8) 孩子们不可以缺少食物。 (9) 夏天我们的人手经常不够用。 (10) 你投球老是距离不够。 (11) 他的成就没有达到他期望的那么大。 (12) 对不起,打断你一下。 (13) 她的歌唱事业被一场车祸所终结。 |
vocabulary简明 | Short describes something that is not as long as usual. If your childhood bed is too short for you, your feet will dangle over the edge, and if a school day is short, you'll get out early. |
vocabulary扩展 | The adjective short describes things that aren't long when you measure them, or have a small distance from one end to another, like your short hair or the short walk to the library. A small amount of time can also be described as short, like a short chat with your mom. As a verb, short can describe cheating someone out of money or not paying what is owed, like a friend who shorts you when the lunch bill arrives. |
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