short 音标拼音: [ʃ'ɔrt]
a . 短的,近的,矮的,短期的,短暂的,简短的,少量的
ad . 简短地,突然
n . 扼要
短的,近的,矮的,短期的,短暂的,简短的,少量的简短地,突然扼要
short 短路; 短的
short 短
short adv 1 :
quickly and without warning ; "
he stopped suddenly " [
synonym :
{
abruptly }, {
suddenly }, {
short }, {
dead }]
2 :
without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold ; "
he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash "
3 :
clean across ; "
the car '
s axle snapped short "
4 :
at some point or distance before a goal is reached ; "
he fell short of our expectations "
5 :
so as to interrupt ; "
She took him up short before he could continue "
6 :
at a disadvantage ; "
I was caught short " [
synonym : {
short },
{
unawares }]
7 :
in a curt ,
abrupt and discourteous manner ; "
he told me curtly to get on with it "; "
he talked short with everyone "; "
he said shortly that he didn '
t like it " [
synonym : {
curtly }, {
short },
{
shortly }]
adj 1 :
primarily temporal sense ;
indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration ; "
a short life "; "
a short flight "; "
a short holiday "; "
a short story "; "
only a few short months " [
ant : {
long }]
2 : (
primarily spatial sense )
having little length or lacking in length ; "
short skirts "; "
short hair "; "
the board was a foot short "; "
a short toss " [
ant : {
long }]
3 :
low in stature ;
not tall ; "
he was short and stocky "; "
short in stature "; "
a short smokestack "; "
a little man " [
synonym :
{
short }, {
little }] [
ant : {
tall }]
4 :
not sufficient to meet a need ; "
an inadequate income "; "
a poor salary "; "
money is short "; "
on short rations "; "
food is in short supply "; "
short on experience " [
synonym : {
inadequate },
{
poor }, {
short }]
5 : (
of memory )
deficient in retentiveness or range ; "
a short memory " [
synonym : {
unretentive }, {
forgetful }, {
short }] [
ant :
{
long }, {
recollective }, {
retentive }, {
tenacious }]
6 :
not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices ; "
a short sale "; "
short in cotton " [
ant : {
long }]
7 :
of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration ;
"
the English vowel sounds in `
pat ', `
pet ', `
pit ', `
pot ',
putt '
are short " [
ant : {
long }]
8 :
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so ; "
a light pound "; "
a scant cup of sugar ";
"
regularly gives short weight " [
synonym : {
light }, {
scant (
p )},
{
short }]
9 :
lacking foresight or scope ; "
a short view of the problem ";
"
shortsighted policies "; "
shortsighted critics derided the plan "; "
myopic thinking " [
synonym : {
short }, {
shortsighted },
{
unforesightful }, {
myopic }]
10 :
tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening ; "
shortbread is a short crumbly cookie "; "
a short flaky pie crust "
11 :
marked by rude or peremptory shortness ; "
try to cultivate a less brusque manner "; "
a curt reply "; "
the salesgirl was very short with him " [
synonym : {
brusque }, {
brusk }, {
curt },
{
short (
p )}]
n 1 :
the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed 2 :
accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference [
synonym : {
short circuit },
{
short }]
3 :
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base [
synonym : {
shortstop },
{
short }]
v 1 :
cheat someone by not returning him enough money [
synonym :
{
short -
change }, {
short }]
2 :
create a short circuit in [
synonym : {
short -
circuit }, {
short }]
Short \
Short \,
a . [
Compar . {
Shorter };
superl . {
Shortest }.] [
OE .
short ,
schort ,
AS .
scort ,
sceort ;
akin to OHG .
scurz ,
Icel .
skorta to be short of ,
to lack ,
and perhaps to E .
shear ,
v .
t .
Cf . {
Shirt }.]
1 .
Not long ;
having brief length or linear extension ;
as ,
a short distance ;
a short piece of timber ;
a short flight .
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The bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it . --
Isa .
xxviii .
20 .
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2 .
Not extended in time ;
having very limited duration ;
not protracted ;
as ,
short breath .
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The life so short ,
the craft so long to learn .
--
Chaucer .
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To short absense I could yield . --
Milton .
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3 .
Limited in quantity ;
inadequate ;
insufficient ;
scanty ;
as ,
a short supply of provisions ,
or of water .
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4 .
Insufficiently provided ;
inadequately supplied ;
scantily furnished ;
lacking ;
not coming up to a resonable ,
or the ordinary ,
standard ; --
usually with of ;
as ,
to be short of money .
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We shall be short in our provision . --
Shak .
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5 .
Deficient ;
defective ;
imperfect ;
not coming up ,
as to a measure or standard ;
as ,
an account which is short of the trith .
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6 .
Not distant in time ;
near at hand .
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Marinell was sore offended That his departure thence should be so short .
--
Spenser .
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He commanded those who were appointed to attend him to be ready by a short day . --
Clarendon .
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7 .
Limited in intellectual power or grasp ;
not comprehensive ;
narrow ;
not tenacious ,
as memory .
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Their own short understandings reach No farther than the present . --
Rowe .
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8 .
Less important ,
efficaceous ,
or powerful ;
not equal or equivalent ;
less (
than ); --
with of .
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Hardly anything short of an invasion could rouse them again to war . --
Landor .
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9 .
Abrupt ;
brief ;
pointed ;
petulant ;
as ,
he gave a short answer to the question .
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10 . (
Cookery )
Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth ;
crisp ;
as ,
short pastry .
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11 . (
Metal )
Brittle .
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Note :
Metals that are brittle when hot are called ?
ot -
short ;
as ,
cast iron may be hot -
short ,
owing to the presence of sulphur .
Those that are brittle when cold are called cold -
short ;
as ,
cast iron may be cold -
short ,
on account of the presence of phosphorus .
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12 . (
Stock Exchange )
Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed ;
as ,
short contracts ;
to be short of stock .
See The shorts ,
under {
Short },
n .,
and To sell short ,
under {
Short },
adv .
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Note :
In mercantile transactions ,
a note or bill is sometimes made payable at short sight ,
that is ,
in a little time after being presented to the payer .
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13 . (
Phon .)
Not prolonged ,
or relatively less prolonged ,
in utterance ; --
opposed to {
long },
and applied to vowels or to syllables .
In English ,
the long and short of the same letter are not ,
in most cases ,
the long and short of the same sound ;
thus ,
the i in ill is the short sound ,
not of i in isle ,
but of ee in eel ,
and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate ,
etc .
See {
Quantity },
and Guide to Pronunciation , [
sect ][
sect ]
22 ,
30 .
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Note :
Short is much used with participles to form numerous self -
explaining compounds ;
as ,
short -
armed ,
short -
billed ,
short -
fingered ,
short -
haired ,
short -
necked ,
short -
sleeved ,
short -
tailed ,
short -
winged ,
short -
wooled ,
etc .
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{
At short notice },
in a brief time ;
promptly .
{
Short rib } (
Anat .),
one of the false ribs .
{
Short suit } (
Whist ),
any suit having only three cards ,
or less than three . --
R .
A .
Proctor .
{
To come short }, {
To cut short }, {
To fall short },
etc .
See under {
Come }, {
Cut },
etc .
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Short \
Short \,
v .
t . [
AS .
sceortian .]
To shorten . [
Obs .]
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Short \
Short \,
v .
i .
To fail ;
to decrease . [
Obs .]
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Short \
Short \,
n .
1 .
A summary account .
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The short and the long is ,
our play is preferred .
--
Shak .
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2 .
pl .
The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran .
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The first remove above bran is shorts . --
Halliwell .
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3 .
pl .
Short ,
inferior hemp .
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4 .
pl .
Breeches ;
shortclothes . [
Slang ] --
Dickens .
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5 . (
Phonetics )
A short sound ,
syllable ,
or vowel .
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If we compare the nearest conventional shorts and longs in English ,
as in "
bit "
and "
beat ," "
not "
and "
naught ,"
we find that the short vowels are generally wide ,
the long narrow ,
besides being generally diphthongic as well .
Hence ,
originally short vowels can be lengthened and yet kept quite distinct from the original longs . --
H .
Sweet .
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{
In short },
in few words ;
in brief ;
briefly .
{
The long and the short },
the whole ;
a brief summing up .
{
The shorts } (
Stock Exchange ),
those who are unsupplied with stocks which they contracted to deliver .
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Short \
Short \,
adv .
In a short manner ;
briefly ;
limitedly ;
abruptly ;
quickly ;
as ,
to stop short in one '
s course ;
to turn short .
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He was taken up very short ,
and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language . --
Howell .
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{
To sell short } (
Stock Exchange ),
to sell ,
for future delivery ,
what the party selling does not own ,
but hopes to buy at a lower rate .
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437 Moby Thesaurus words for "
short ":
3 -
D ,
Bermuda shorts ,
Cinemascope ,
Cinerama ,
Spartan ,
Technicolor ,
Western ,
aback ,
abbreviate ,
abbreviated ,
abridged ,
abrupt ,
abruptly ,
adulterated ,
aggressive ,
all in all ,
amount ,
amplify ,
animated cartoon ,
apart from ,
aposiopestic ,
arrested ,
badly off ,
bankrupt in ,
bare of ,
barring ,
bear ,
bear account ,
bearish ,
beastly ,
before ,
bereft of ,
black -
and -
white film ,
blemished ,
bluff ,
blunt ,
brash ,
break ,
break in on ,
brief ,
briefly ,
brisk ,
broken circuit ,
brusque ,
burden ,
butt in ,
callow ,
cartoon ,
cavalier ,
charge ,
chiller ,
chunky ,
churlish ,
cinema ,
circuit ,
circuital field ,
clipped ,
close ,
close -
tongued ,
closed circuit ,
closemouthed ,
color film ,
cometary ,
compact ,
compendious ,
complete circuit ,
compressed ,
concise ,
condensed ,
contracted ,
core ,
couchant ,
cramped ,
creepie ,
crisp ,
crouched ,
crusty ,
cursory ,
curt ,
curtail ,
curtailed ,
curtal ,
curtate ,
cut ,
cut off ,
cut short ,
damaged ,
dead circuit ,
debased ,
decreased ,
decurtate ,
defective ,
deficient ,
denuded of ,
depressed ,
deprived of ,
depthless ,
destitute of ,
devoid of ,
diminished ,
diminutive ,
dinky ,
direct ,
discourteous ,
distressed ,
docked ,
documentary ,
documentary film ,
down to bedrock ,
dumb ,
dumpy ,
dwarfish ,
economical of words ,
educational film ,
electrify ,
elfin ,
elliptic ,
embarrassed ,
embryonic ,
empty of ,
energize ,
epigrammatic ,
erroneous ,
except for ,
excepting ,
excluding ,
exclusive of ,
exiguous ,
fail ,
failing ,
fallible ,
faulty ,
feature ,
feeling the pinch ,
few ,
film ,
flashing ,
flat ,
fleet ,
flick ,
flicker ,
flickering ,
footling ,
for want of ,
forlorn of ,
forthwith ,
found wanting ,
galvanic circuit ,
galvanize ,
generate ,
gist ,
gnomic ,
gruff ,
half -
pint ,
hard up ,
harsh ,
hastily ,
horror picture ,
horse opera ,
hot circuit ,
hot pants ,
hurriedly ,
hypoplastic ,
ill off ,
immature ,
impaired ,
impecunious ,
imperfect ,
impolite ,
imprecise ,
impure ,
in Queer Street ,
in a nutshell ,
in arrear ,
in arrears ,
in default ,
in default of ,
in narrow circumstances ,
in reduced circumstances ,
in short ,
in short supply ,
in straitened circumstances ,
in want of ,
inaccurate ,
inadequate ,
incomplete ,
inconsequential ,
inconsiderable ,
inconsiderate ,
indisposed to talk ,
inexact ,
infant ,
inferior ,
insignificant ,
instantaneous ,
instantly ,
insufficient ,
interrupt ,
irascible ,
knee -
high ,
knocked flat ,
lacking ,
laconic ,
laid low ,
land -
poor ,
lateral circuit ,
leaving out ,
leg ,
lessened ,
limited ,
little ,
live circuit ,
loop ,
loop in ,
low ,
low -
built ,
low -
hung ,
low -
level ,
low -
leveled ,
low -
lying ,
low -
set ,
low -
statured ,
magnetic circuit ,
makeshift ,
meager ,
meat ,
mediocre ,
meteoric ,
microcircuit ,
midget ,
miniature ,
minus ,
minuscule ,
missing ,
mixed ,
momentary ,
motion picture ,
motion -
picture show ,
movie ,
moving picture ,
multiple circuit ,
multiple series ,
mum ,
mute ,
narrow ,
neap ,
needing ,
negligible ,
newsreel ,
no great shakes ,
not perfect ,
nudie ,
off ,
offhand ,
on the edge ,
one -
horse ,
out of ,
out of pocket ,
part ,
partial ,
patchy ,
path ,
penniless ,
peremptorily ,
petite ,
petty ,
photodrama ,
photoplay ,
picayune ,
picayunish ,
picture ,
picture show ,
piddling ,
pinched ,
pindling ,
pint -
sized ,
pith ,
pithy ,
plug in ,
pocket ,
pointed ,
poky ,
poor ,
poorly off ,
pornographic film ,
precluding ,
preview ,
printed circuit ,
prone ,
pruned ,
puny ,
purport ,
quick ,
quiet ,
rare ,
recumbent ,
reduced ,
reserved ,
rough ,
runty ,
scant ,
scant of ,
scanty ,
scarce ,
scrappy ,
scrimpy ,
sententious ,
series multiple ,
setting aside ,
severe ,
shallow ,
sharp ,
shock ,
short account ,
short and sweet ,
short circuit ,
short interest ,
short of ,
short of funds ,
short of money ,
short seller ,
short side ,
short -
circuit ,
short -
lived ,
short -
term ,
short -
termed ,
shorten ,
shortened ,
shorts ,
shy ,
shy of ,
silent ,
silent film ,
sketchy ,
skimp ,
skimpy ,
skin flick ,
skin -
deep ,
slender ,
slight ,
small ,
smallish ,
snappish ,
sneak preview ,
snippety ,
snippy ,
snug ,
spaghetti Western ,
sparing of words ,
sparse ,
speechless ,
speedy ,
squat ,
squatty ,
squeezed ,
step down ,
step up ,
stiffen ,
stint ,
stooped ,
stop ,
straight ,
straightforward ,
straitened ,
strapped ,
stubby ,
stumpy ,
stunted ,
succinct ,
sudden ,
suddenly ,
summary ,
superficial ,
supine ,
surly ,
swift ,
switch off ,
switch on ,
synopsized ,
synoptic ,
taciturn ,
talkie ,
talking picture ,
temporary ,
terminate ,
terse ,
testy ,
thick ,
thickset ,
thriller ,
thrust ,
tight ,
tight -
lipped ,
tiny ,
to the point ,
tongue -
tied ,
trailer ,
transient ,
transitory ,
trifling ,
trim ,
trivial ,
truculent ,
truncated ,
turn off ,
turn on ,
two -
by -
four ,
unanticipatedly ,
unaware ,
unblessed with ,
uncivil ,
underdeveloped ,
underground film ,
undeveloped ,
unelevated ,
uneven ,
unexpectedly ,
unfinished ,
ungracious ,
unloquacious ,
unmoneyed ,
unperfected ,
unpossessed of ,
unprosperous ,
unreached ,
unsound ,
untalkative ,
unthorough ,
upshot ,
vector field ,
vest -
pocket ,
void of ,
wanting ,
wee ,
without warning ,
word -
bound ,
wordless
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