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short 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 (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。 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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英 [ʃɔːt] 美 [ʃɔːrt] (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. 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. 1. ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB USES 形容词和副词用法2. NOUN USES 名词用法Part-11  →see: Please look at category 24 to  if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword. 以下义项中未列出的表达方式请参第24项。； 2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]短暂的；短促的；短期的 If something is short or lasts for a short time, it does not last very long. The announcement was made a short time ago...通告是不久前才宣布的。How could you do it in such a short period of time?...你是怎么在如此短的时间里做到的？Mr Annan took a short break before resuming his schedule...安南先生在继续自己的工作前先短暂休息了一下。Kemp gave a short laugh...肯普笑了一声。We had a short meeting.我们开了个短会。3[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]似乎过得很快的；短暂的 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.   [usu ADJ n]For a few short weeks there was peace...有过短短几周的和平。Only five short years later, your money will have grown by $94,000.仅短短 5 年时间后，你的钱就会增多 94,000 美元。4[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](演讲、信件、书等)短的，简短的 A short speech, letter, or book does not have many words or pages in it.   [usu ADJ n]They were performing a short extract from Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona...他们正表演莎士比亚剧作《维洛那二绅士》中的一个片段。This is a short note to say thank you.这是一封简短的致谢信。5[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]矮的；个子矮的 Someone who is short is not as tall as most people are. I'm tall and thin and he's short and fat.我又高又瘦，他又矮又胖。...a short, elderly woman with grey hair...头发灰白的矮个子老妇人He's the shortest of four brothers.他是四兄弟中个子最矮的。6[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](距离、长度等)短的，不长的，不远的 Something that is short measures only a small amount from one end to the other. The city centre and shops are only a short distance away...市中心和商店离得很近。A short flight of steps led to a grand doorway...一段短短的台阶通向一个气派的大门口。His black hair was very short.他的黑发很短。7[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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.   [v-link ADJ]Her father's illness left the family short of money...她父亲的病造成家里经济拮据。Government forces are running short of ammunition and fuel...政府军的弹药和燃料都快用完了。Supplies of everything are unreliable, food is short...各种补给都不稳定，食品也短缺。Time is running short.快没时间了。8[ADJ 形容词]少于；不及；未达到 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.   [v-link ADJ of n]He stopped a hundred yards short of the building...他在离大楼 100 码处停下了。So what happens if the Socialists top the poll but fall short of an absolute majority?...那么如果社会党人得票领先却又未达到绝对多数，那会怎么样呢？Inflation is just short of 11 per cent...通货膨胀接近 11％。They were still 91 short of their target.他们离目标还差 91。9[PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]除…之外；没有；如果不 Short of a particular thing means except for that thing or without actually doing that thing.   [PREP n/-ing]Short of climbing railings four metres high, there was no way into the garden from this road...除非爬过 4 米高的栏杆，否则从这条路没办法进到园子里。They have no means, short of civil war, to enforce their will upon the minorities.他们只有通过内战才能将意志强加给少数派。10[ADV 副词]终止；中断；打断 If something is cut short or stops short, it is stopped before people expect it to or before it has finished.   [ADV after v]His glittering career was cut short by a heart attack...他辉煌的事业因心脏病发作而被迫终止。Jackson cut short his trip to Africa...杰克逊提前结束了他的非洲之行。His voice stopped short as he saw the blade emerge from Desmond's pocket.当他看到从德斯蒙德口袋里露出的刀刃时，他突然不吭声了。11[ADJ 形容词]简略的；缩写的；简称的 If a name or abbreviation is short for another name, it is the short version of that name.   [v-link ADJ for n]Her friend Kes (short for Kesewa) was in tears...她的朋友凯斯(凯茜娃的简称)眼泪汪汪。'O.O.B.E.' is short for 'Out Of Body Experience'.O.O.B.E. 是 Out Of Body Experience (身外体验)的缩略形式。12[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]See also:short-tempered；暴躁的；易怒的 If you have a short temper, you get angry very easily. ...an awkward, self-conscious woman with a short temper.脾气暴躁、笨拙又忸怩的女人13[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]说话简短粗暴的；简慢无礼的 If you are short with someone, you speak briefly and rather rudely to them, because you are impatient or angry.   [v-link ADJ]She seemed nervous or tense, and she was definitely short with me.她似乎很焦虑，抑或是很紧张，对我明显很不客气。14[PHRASE 短语](尤指在一时找不到厕所的情况下)内急，突然感觉要上厕所 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.   [V inflects]  [BRIT 英]  [INFORMAL 非正式]15[PHRASE 短语]作为简称；作为缩写 If a person or thing is called something for short, that is the short version of their name.   [usu n PHR]Opposite me was a woman called Jasminder (Jazzy for short)...我对面是一位名叫贾丝明德(简称杰丝)的女子。This condition is called seasonal affective disorder, or SAD for short.这种病情叫做季节性情感失调症，或简称 SAD。16[PHRASE 短语]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.   [V inflects]Some people may manage their finances badly and therefore have to go short of essentials.有些人可能极不善于理财，因而不得不缺衣少食地将就过活。17[PHRASE 短语]总之；简而言之 You use in short when you have been giving a lot of details and you want to give a conclusion or summary.   [PHR with cl]Try tennis, badminton or windsurfing. In short, anything challenging...试试网球、羽毛球或帆板运动吧。总之，只要是有挑战性的。She was surrounded by doctors, lawyers, housewives — people, in short, like herself.她被医生、律师、家庭主妇——总之是一群像她一样的人——所包围着。18[PHRASE 短语]可以说是；简直；无异于 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.   [v-link PHR adj/n]  [emphasis]The results are nothing short of magnificent...结果非常不错。His last visit to Washington was little short of a fiasco.他最近对华盛顿的访问几乎是一场惨败。19[PHRASE 短语]冒傻气的；不聪明的；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.   [v-link PHR]  [INFORMAL 非正式]20[PHRASE 短语]缺乏，缺少(某种优良品质) 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.   [V inflects]  [disapproval]He was very short on enthusiasm...他太缺乏热情。The proposals were short on detail.这些提议缺少细节。21[PHRASE 短语]险些(做…)；差点没(做…) If someone stops short of doing something, they come close to doing it but do not actually do it.   [V inflects]He stopped short of explicitly criticizing the government...他几乎要直言批评政府了。The resolution stopped short of an outright declaration of independence.这项决议几乎成为公开的独立宣言。22[PHRASE 短语](因雇主付不起全工时工钱而出现的)短工时，开工不足 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.   [on PHR]Workers across the country have been put on short time because of the slump in demand...因需求量大幅下降，全国的工人都开工不足。Most manufacturers have had to introduce short-time working.大多数制造商不得不推行短工时工作制。23[PHRASE 短语]使突然终止；使突然中断 If something pulls you up short or brings you up short, it makes you suddenly stop what you are doing.   [V inflects]The name on the gate pulled me up short.大门上的名字让我突然停了下来。24[PHRASE 短语]干净利落地处理(或打败)；迅速解决 If you make short work of someone or something, you deal with them or defeat them very quickly.   [V inflects]  [INFORMAL 非正式]Agassi made short work of his opponent.阿加西干净利落地击败了对手。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； Part-21[N-PLURAL 复数名词]短裤 Shorts are trousers with very short legs, that people wear in hot weather or for taking part in sports.   [also a pair of N]...two women in bright cotton shorts and tee shirts.两名身着色彩艳丽的棉质短裤和T恤衫的女子2[N-PLURAL 复数名词](男式)内裤，衬裤 Shorts are men's underpants with short legs.   [also a pair of N]  [mainly AM 主美]3[N-COUNT 可数名词]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.   [mainly BRIT 主英]4[N-COUNT 可数名词](尤指正片放映前的)电影短片 A short is a short film, especially one that is shown before the main film at the cinema.

英语单词	short
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.
柯林斯解释	1. ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB USES 形容词和副词用法 2. NOUN USES 名词用法 Part-1 1 →see: Please look at category 24 to if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword. 以下义项中未列出的表达方式请参第24项。； 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]短暂的；短促的；短期的 If something is short or lasts for a short time, it does not last very long. The announcement was made a short time ago... 通告是不久前才宣布的。 How could you do it in such a short period of time?... 你是怎么在如此短的时间里做到的？ Mr Annan took a short break before resuming his schedule... 安南先生在继续自己的工作前先短暂休息了一下。 Kemp gave a short laugh... 肯普笑了一声。 We had a short meeting. 我们开了个短会。 3 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]似乎过得很快的；短暂的 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. [usu ADJ n] For a few short weeks there was peace... 有过短短几周的和平。 Only five short years later, your money will have grown by $94,000. 仅短短 5 年时间后，你的钱就会增多 94,000 美元。 4 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](演讲、信件、书等)短的，简短的 A short speech, letter, or book does not have many words or pages in it. [usu ADJ n] They were performing a short extract from Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona... 他们正表演莎士比亚剧作《维洛那二绅士》中的一个片段。 This is a short note to say thank you. 这是一封简短的致谢信。 5 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]矮的；个子矮的 Someone who is short is not as tall as most people are. I'm tall and thin and he's short and fat. 我又高又瘦，他又矮又胖。 ...a short, elderly woman with grey hair... 头发灰白的矮个子老妇人 He's the shortest of four brothers. 他是四兄弟中个子最矮的。 6 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](距离、长度等)短的，不长的，不远的 Something that is short measures only a small amount from one end to the other. The city centre and shops are only a short distance away... 市中心和商店离得很近。 A short flight of steps led to a grand doorway... 一段短短的台阶通向一个气派的大门口。 His black hair was very short. 他的黑发很短。 7 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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. [v-link ADJ] Her father's illness left the family short of money... 她父亲的病造成家里经济拮据。 Government forces are running short of ammunition and fuel... 政府军的弹药和燃料都快用完了。 Supplies of everything are unreliable, food is short... 各种补给都不稳定，食品也短缺。 Time is running short. 快没时间了。 8 [ADJ 形容词]少于；不及；未达到 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. [v-link ADJ of n] He stopped a hundred yards short of the building... 他在离大楼 100 码处停下了。 So what happens if the Socialists top the poll but fall short of an absolute majority?... 那么如果社会党人得票领先却又未达到绝对多数，那会怎么样呢？ Inflation is just short of 11 per cent... 通货膨胀接近 11％。 They were still 91 short of their target. 他们离目标还差 91。 9 [PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]除…之外；没有；如果不 Short of a particular thing means except for that thing or without actually doing that thing. [PREP n/-ing] Short of climbing railings four metres high, there was no way into the garden from this road... 除非爬过 4 米高的栏杆，否则从这条路没办法进到园子里。 They have no means, short of civil war, to enforce their will upon the minorities. 他们只有通过内战才能将意志强加给少数派。 10 [ADV 副词]终止；中断；打断 If something is cut short or stops short, it is stopped before people expect it to or before it has finished. [ADV after v] His glittering career was cut short by a heart attack... 他辉煌的事业因心脏病发作而被迫终止。 Jackson cut short his trip to Africa... 杰克逊提前结束了他的非洲之行。 His voice stopped short as he saw the blade emerge from Desmond's pocket. 当他看到从德斯蒙德口袋里露出的刀刃时，他突然不吭声了。 11 [ADJ 形容词]简略的；缩写的；简称的 If a name or abbreviation is short for another name, it is the short version of that name. [v-link ADJ for n] Her friend Kes (short for Kesewa) was in tears... 她的朋友凯斯(凯茜娃的简称)眼泪汪汪。 'O.O.B.E.' is short for 'Out Of Body Experience'. O.O.B.E. 是 Out Of Body Experience (身外体验)的缩略形式。 12 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]See also:short-tempered ；暴躁的；易怒的 If you have a short temper, you get angry very easily. ...an awkward, self-conscious woman with a short temper. 脾气暴躁、笨拙又忸怩的女人 13 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]说话简短粗暴的；简慢无礼的 If you are short with someone, you speak briefly and rather rudely to them, because you are impatient or angry. [v-link ADJ] She seemed nervous or tense, and she was definitely short with me. 她似乎很焦虑，抑或是很紧张，对我明显很不客气。 14 [PHRASE 短语](尤指在一时找不到厕所的情况下)内急，突然感觉要上厕所 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. [V inflects] [BRIT 英] [INFORMAL 非正式] 15 [PHRASE 短语]作为简称；作为缩写 If a person or thing is called something for short, that is the short version of their name. [usu n PHR] Opposite me was a woman called Jasminder (Jazzy for short)... 我对面是一位名叫贾丝明德(简称杰丝)的女子。 This condition is called seasonal affective disorder, or SAD for short. 这种病情叫做季节性情感失调症，或简称 SAD。 16 [PHRASE 短语]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. [V inflects] Some people may manage their finances badly and therefore have to go short of essentials. 有些人可能极不善于理财，因而不得不缺衣少食地将就过活。 17 [PHRASE 短语]总之；简而言之 You use in short when you have been giving a lot of details and you want to give a conclusion or summary. [PHR with cl] Try tennis, badminton or windsurfing. In short, anything challenging... 试试网球、羽毛球或帆板运动吧。总之，只要是有挑战性的。 She was surrounded by doctors, lawyers, housewives — people, in short, like herself. 她被医生、律师、家庭主妇——总之是一群像她一样的人——所包围着。 18 [PHRASE 短语]可以说是；简直；无异于 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. [v-link PHR adj/n] [emphasis] The results are nothing short of magnificent... 结果非常不错。 His last visit to Washington was little short of a fiasco. 他最近对华盛顿的访问几乎是一场惨败。 19 [PHRASE 短语]冒傻气的；不聪明的；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. [v-link PHR] [INFORMAL 非正式] 20 [PHRASE 短语]缺乏，缺少(某种优良品质) 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. [V inflects] [disapproval] He was very short on enthusiasm... 他太缺乏热情。 The proposals were short on detail. 这些提议缺少细节。 21 [PHRASE 短语]险些(做…)；差点没(做…) If someone stops short of doing something, they come close to doing it but do not actually do it. [V inflects] He stopped short of explicitly criticizing the government... 他几乎要直言批评政府了。 The resolution stopped short of an outright declaration of independence. 这项决议几乎成为公开的独立宣言。 22 [PHRASE 短语](因雇主付不起全工时工钱而出现的)短工时，开工不足 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. [on PHR] Workers across the country have been put on short time because of the slump in demand... 因需求量大幅下降，全国的工人都开工不足。 Most manufacturers have had to introduce short-time working. 大多数制造商不得不推行短工时工作制。 23 [PHRASE 短语]使突然终止；使突然中断 If something pulls you up short or brings you up short, it makes you suddenly stop what you are doing. [V inflects] The name on the gate pulled me up short. 大门上的名字让我突然停了下来。 24 [PHRASE 短语]干净利落地处理(或打败)；迅速解决 If you make short work of someone or something, you deal with them or defeat them very quickly. [V inflects] [INFORMAL 非正式] Agassi made short work of his opponent. 阿加西干净利落地击败了对手。 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 ； Part-2 1 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]短裤 Shorts are trousers with very short legs, that people wear in hot weather or for taking part in sports. [also a pair of N] ...two women in bright cotton shorts and tee shirts. 两名身着色彩艳丽的棉质短裤和T恤衫的女子 2 [N-PLURAL 复数名词](男式)内裤，衬裤 Shorts are men's underpants with short legs. [also a pair of N] [mainly AM 主美] 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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. [mainly BRIT 主英] 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词](尤指正片放映前的)电影短片 A short is a short film, especially one that is shown before the main film at the cinema.

Short Phrase 短语 →See Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Cut Time