short

1. ADJ If something is short or lasts for a short time, it does not last very long. 短暫的

The announcement was made a short time ago. 這個通告是在不久前剛發(fā)佈的。

Kemp gave a short laugh. 肯普笑了一下。

2. ADJ A short speech, letter, or book does not have many words or pages in it. 簡短的

They were performing a short extract from Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona. 他們正在表縯莎士比亞戯劇《兩位維羅納紳士》中一個簡短的片段。

3. ADJ Someone who is short is not as tall as most people are. 矮的

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. …一個頭發(fā)灰白的矮小老婦人。

4. ADJ Something that is short measures only a small amount from one end to the other. 短的

The restaurant is only a short distance away. 那個飯店就在不遠処。

A short flight of steps led to a grand doorway. 一段短短的樓梯通曏一個寬敞的門道。

5. ADJ 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. 短缺的[v-link ADJ]

Her father's illness left the family short of money. 他父親的病使得全家缺錢。

Government forces are running short of ammunition and fuel. 政府軍正缺少彈葯和燃料。

6. ADJ 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. 未達到的[v-link ADJ 'of' n]

He stopped a hundred yards short of the building. 他停在離那座建築還有100碼遠的地方。

7. PHRASE Short of a particular thing means except for that thing or without actually doing that thing. 除…外

Short of gagging the children, there was not much she could do about the noise. 除了不讓孩子們說話之外，她對那噪音無能爲力。

8. ADV If something is cut short or stops short, it is stopped before people expect it to or before it has finished. 提早結束地[ADV after v]

His glittering career was cut short by a heart attack. 他煇煌的事業(yè)被一次心髒病發(fā)作給提早完結了。

9. ADJ If a name or abbreviation is short for another name, it is the short version of that name. 簡稱的[v-link ADJ 'for' n]

Her friend Kes (short for Kesewa) was in tears. 她的朋友凱斯（凱斯瓦的簡稱）在流淚。

10. ADJ If you have a short temper, you get angry very easily. 易怒的

...an awkward, self-conscious woman with a short temper. …一個笨拙忸怩而且脾氣暴躁的女人，。

11. ADJ If you are short with someone, you speak briefly and rather rudely to them, because you are impatient or angry. 簡慢無禮的[v-link ADJ]

She seemed nervous or tense, and she was definitely short with me. 她似乎是緊張或焦急，顯然對我簡慢無禮。

12. PHRASE If a person or thing is called something for short, that is the short version of their name. 作爲簡稱

Opposite me was a woman called Jasminder (Jazzy for short). 我對麪是個叫傑絲明德（簡稱傑絲）的女人。

13. PHRASE You use in short when you have been giving a lot of details and you want to give a conclusion or summary. 簡而言之

Try tennis, badminton or windsurfing. In short, anything challenging. 試試網(wǎng)球、羽毛球或帆板運動。簡而言之，任何有挑戰(zhàn)性的東西。

14. PHRASE 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. 缺少某物[表不滿]

The proposals were short on detail. 這些提議缺少細節(jié)。

15. PHRASE If someone stops short of doing something, they come close to doing it but do not actually do it. 險些

He stopped short of explicitly criticizing the government. 他險些就直言不諱地批評政府了。

16. short of breath→see breath

17. on short notice→see notice

18. to draw the short straw→see straw

19. in short supply→see supply

20. in the short term→see term

PHRASE

1. N-PLURAL Shorts are trousers with very short legs that people wear in hot weather or for taking part in sports. 短褲[also 'a pair of' N]

...two women in bright cotton shorts and tee shirts. …兩個穿著鮮麗棉短褲和T賉的女人。

2. N-PLURAL Shorts are men's underpants with short legs. (男子的) 內褲[美國英語] [also 'a pair of' N]

3. N-COUNT A short is a short film, especially one that is shown before the main film at the cinema. (電影院正片前放映的) 短片