short

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基本解释

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.烈酒；电影短片；[电]短路
v.(使)短路

词源解说

直接源自古英语的sceort；最初源自古典拉丁语的curtus，意为短的。

同根派生

adj性质的同根词
shortish：显得短的；稍短的。
adv性质的同根词
shortly：立刻；简短地；唐突地。
n性质的同根词
shortage：缺乏，缺少；不足。
shortening：缩短；起酥油；缩略词。
shortness：不足；简略。
shortener：缩短器；搅面机；油缩机。
v性质的同根词
shortening：缩短（shorten的ing形式）。
vi性质的同根词
shorten：缩短；变短。
vt性质的同根词
shorten：缩短；减少；变短。

short相关词

用法辨析

adj. (形容词)

short的基本意思是“短的”,既可指持续的时间“短”,也可指长度“短”、高度“矮”或在重量、数量等方面“短缺的,不足的,未达标的”。short指持续时间短时,有不完全、缩短或突然停止的意味。
short和表示时间的time, hour(s), year(s)等连用,可表示“不足”“不到”“短暂的”; 修饰动作或声音,可表示“短促的”。
short也可作“简称的,简略形式的”“简单粗暴的,唐突无礼的”“少而浓的,烈性的”“短音的”“短期的,即将兑现的”“油酥的”等解。
short在句中可用作定语、表语或宾语补足语。

adv. (副词)

short用作副词的意思是“突然地,唐突地”,有时也可作“达不到目的地”解。
short在句中多用作状语。

n. (名词)

short用作名词的基本意思是“短路”“短片”“短裤”,还可作“烈酒”解。
short作“烈酒”“短裤”解时通常用复数形式。用作主语时谓语动词须用复数形式,“一条短裤”是a pair of shorts。
short用在head上的时候，表示的是前后的短，而不是上下的短；
a short mile表示“不到一英里”，与词组a short hour，short years等与long的用法相似；

英汉例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语: ～+ n.

It will be a saving to take a short cut.
走捷径能节省时间。

n. +～

Our group is two people short.
我们组还需要两个人。

用作表语: S+be+～

We should go on to the next item for time is short.
时间不多了,我们应该谈下一项内容。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

NATO is short for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.NATO
是“北大西洋公约组织”的缩写。

用作宾语补足语: S+V+O+～

You've cut my hair very short.
你已把我的头发剪得很短。

用作副词 (adv.)

用作状语

The shells fell short.
炮弹没打中目标。

用作名词 (n.)

This accident is due to an electrical short.
这次事故是由电路短路引起的。

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词组短语

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

short cut 快捷方式;走捷径;缩短球路;捷径
short house 矮屋
short stick 短棍
short tree 矮树

动词+～

fall short of 达不到；缺乏
fall short of expectations 辜负某人的期望

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

(DISTANCE) small in length, distance, or height
(TIME) being an amount of time that is less than average or usual
(LACKING) to not have enough of something
(NOT PATIENT) saying little but showing slight impatience or anger in the few words that you say
(DRINK) a drink of spirits (= type of strong alcohol) without water or any other liquid added
(FILM) a short film, especially one made for showing before the main film at a cinema
(ELECTRICITY) informal for short circuit
informal for short-circuit (short circuit)
before the arranged or expected time or place

柯林斯英英字典

If something is short or lasts for a short time, it does not last very long.
A short speech, letter, or book does not have many words or pages in it.
Someone who is short is not as tall as most people are.
Something that is short measures only a small amount from one end to the other.
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.
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.
Short of a particular thing means except for that thing or without actually doing that thing.
If something is cut short or stops short, it is stopped before people expect it to or before it has finished.
If a name or abbreviation is short for another name, it is the short version of that name.
If you have a short temper, you get angry very easily.
If you are short with someone, you speak briefly and rather rudely to them, because you are impatient or angry.
If a person or thing is called something for short, that is the short version of their name.
You use in short when you have been giving a lot of details and you want to give a conclusion or summary.
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.
If someone stops short of doing something, they come close to doing it but do not actually do it.
short of breath&rarrsee breath
on short notice&rarrsee notice
to draw the short straw&rarrsee straw
in short supply&rarrsee supply
in the short term&rarrsee term
Shorts are trousers with very short legs that people wear in hot weather or for taking part in sports.
Shorts are men's underpants with short legs.
A short is a short film, especially one that is shown before the main film at the cinema.

专业释义

经济学

即将到期的
亏空，赤字
空头

电子、通信与自动控制技术

短路；短路引起的故障
使(电路等)短路

机械工程

欠注[亦作 short shot]
短路

能源科学技术

(金属)易裂的，易碎的，脆的，强度不够的
粉碎后规格大小标准的颗粒

语言学

短元音

体育

游击手；游击手位置
(外场位或该位置队员)在靠近击球手位置上的；(投球)近位的

艺术学

手机短信
短音；短音节
短音符

军事学

近弹

交通运输工程

短的

计算机科学技术

短路
短的
短

生物学

短的
矮的