short
🇺🇸
/ʃɔːrt/
🇬🇧
/ʃɔːt/
adjective
A1
not long in length or distance
She has short hair.
她留著短髮。
A1
not tall in height
He is a short man.
他是個矮個子男人。
A1
not lasting long in time
It was a short meeting.
那是一次短暫的會議。
R
feeling like it passed quickly
The short summer felt like it ended too soon.
短暫的夏天感覺結束得太快了。
B2
not having enough of something
We are short on time to finish.
我們時間不夠完成。
R
lacking a particular quality
He is short on patience when waiting.
他等待時缺乏耐心。
R
not easily available or enough
Water was short during the drought.
乾旱期間水資源短缺。
R
less than needed or expected
We are two chairs short for the guests.
我們給客人準備的椅子還差兩把。
R
having trouble breathing
After running, he felt short of breath.
跑步後，他感到呼吸急促。
R
a shorter form of a name or word
Sam is short for Samuel.
Sam是Samuel的簡稱。
R
speaking in a rude, quick way
She gave a short reply to the question.
她對這個問題給出了簡短的回答。
R
a vowel sound that is quick to say
The short sound in 'cat' is different from the long sound in 'cake'.
'cat'中的短音與'cake'中的長音不同。
adverb
R
not reaching as far as needed
He threw the ball short of the target.
他把球扔得沒到目標。
R
before the expected or natural time
His life ended short due to illness.
由於疾病，他的生命過早結束。
noun
R
a small, strong alcoholic drink
He ordered a short of whiskey.
他點了一杯威士忌烈酒。
R
a brief film shown before the main movie
We watched a short before the feature film.
我們在正片前看了一部短片。
R
an electrical problem where current takes a wrong path
The lamp stopped working due to a short.
由於短路，燈停止工作了。
verb
R
to cause an electrical short circuit
The damaged wire might short the system.
損壞的電線可能導致系統短路。
translation
短的, 矮的, 短暫的, 感覺過得很快, 不足的, 缺少某種品質, 不易獲得, 少於需要, 呼吸急促, 縮寫, 說話唐突, 短元音
不足, 未達目標, 提前的
烈酒小杯, 短片, 短路
使短路
詞形變化
3rd Present
shorts
Past
shorted
Perfect
shorted
Progressive
shorting
Comparative
shorter
Superlative
shortest
Plural
shorts