英汉词典

short 基本解释

• adj. 短的；不足的；矮的，低的
• n. 短；缺乏；短路；短裤
• adv. 不足；突然；唐突地
• n. (Short)人名；(英)肖特

short 词态变化

short 中文词源

来自古英语 scort,短的，来自 Proto-Germanic*skurta,切短的，来自 PIE*sker,切，分开，词源 同 shear,share.引申诸相关词义。

short 英文词源

short

short: [OE] Etymologically, something that is short has been ‘cut off’. The word’s immediate Germanic ancestor was *skurtaz, which was descended from an extension of the Indo- European base *sker- ‘cut’ (source also of English score, share, shear, etc). Another version of the base, without the s, was the source of Latin curtus ‘short’, which has produced English curt and curtail, and also supplied the word for ‘short’ in the other Germanic languages (German kurz and Dutch, Swedish, and Danish kort), as well of course as the Romance languages (French court, Italian and Spanish corto, and Romanian scurt).

The shirt and the skirt are etymologically ‘short’ garments.
=> curt, curtail, score, share, shear, shore, short, skirt

short (adj.)

Old English sceort, scort "short, not long, not tall; brief," probably from Proto-Germanic *skurta- (cognates: Old Norse skorta "to be short of," skort "shortness;" Old High German scurz "short"), from PIE root *(s)ker- (1) "to cut," with notion of "something cut off" (cognates: Sanskrit krdhuh "shortened, maimed, small;" Latin curtus "short," cordus "late-born," originally "stunted in growth;" Old Church Slavonic kratuku, Russian korotkij "short;" Lithuanian skurstu "to be stunted," skardus "steep;" Old Irish cert "small," Middle Irish corr "stunted, dwarfish").

Meaning "having an insufficient quantity" is from 1690s. Meaning "rude" is attested from late 14c. Meaning "easily provoked" is from 1590s; perhaps the notion is of being "not long in tolerating." Short fuse in figurative sense of "quick temper" first attested 1968. To fall short is from archery. Short run "relatively brief period of time" is from 1879. Short story first recorded 1877. To make short work of "dispose of quickly" is first attested 1570s. Phrase short and sweet is from 1530s. To be short by the knees (1733) was to be kneeling; to be short by the head (1540s) was to be beheaded.

short (n.)

1580s, the short "the result, the total," from short (adj.). Meaning "electrical short circuit" first recorded 1906 (see short circuit). Meaning "contraction of a name or phrase" is from 1873 (as in for short). Slang meaning "car" is attested from 1897; originally "street car," so called because street cars (or the rides taken in them) were "shorter" than railroad cars.

short (v.)

Old English sceortian "to grow short, become short; run short, fail," from the source of short (adj.). Transitive meaning "make short" is from late 12c. Meaning "to short-circuit" is by 1904. Related: Shorted; shorting.

short 词组搭配

short 英文释义

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

3. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between 2nd and 3rd base

short 双语例句

1. I use the short-wave radio to get the latest war news.

我用短波收音机收听最新的战事新闻。

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2. The letter was short — a simple recitation of their problem.

信写得很短——只是简单地说了一下他们的问题。

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3. They've come a long way in a short space of time.

他们在很短的时间之内就大老远地赶了过来。

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4. There was a net outflow of about £50m in short-term capital.

短期资金净流出额大约为5,000万英镑。

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5. I'll run over to Short Mountain and check on Mrs Adams.

我会开车去肖特山看看亚当斯夫人。

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short 实用场景例句

The announcement was made a short time ago...

通告是不久前才宣布的。

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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？

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For a few short weeks there was peace...

有过短短几周的和平。

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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。

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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。

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This is a short note to say thank you.

这是一封简短的致谢信。

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I'm tall and thin and he's short and fat.

我又高又瘦，他又矮又胖。

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...a short, elderly woman with grey hair...

头发灰白的矮个子老妇人

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The city centre and shops are only a short distance away...

市中心和商店离得很近。

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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。

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Her father's illness left the family short of money...

她父亲的病造成家里经济拮据。

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Government forces are running short of ammunition and fuel...

政府军的弹药和燃料都快用完了。

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He stopped a hundred yards short of the building...

他在离大楼 100 码处停下了。

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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？

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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。

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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。

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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。

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Jackson cut short his trip to Africa...

杰克逊提前结束了他的非洲之行。

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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。

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'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。

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...an awkward, self-conscious woman with a short temper.

脾气暴躁、笨拙又忸怩的女人

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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The results are nothing short of magnificent...

结果非常不错。

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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。

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He was very short on enthusiasm...

他太缺乏热情。

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