The coat is a little short in the sleeves.

那外衣的袖子稍短了些。

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Short sleeves, after all, carry the whiff of the simian: isn't it the chimpanzee that generally performs in something less than a long sleeve?

短袖，归根结底，带有一种猿猴的意味：通常不是黑猩猩穿着短袖类的东西在表演吗？

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Two, in fact, have just walked in. The pair wear short sleeves and jeans.

两个穿着短袖和牛仔裤的人刚好走了进来。

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San Diego coach Don Coryell, normally clad in short sleeves, bundled up on the sidelines with a ski mask that nearly covered his entire face.

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Hafner, wearing short sleeves, homered into the Yankees bullpen in right-center.

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And after a parade of misadventures in pseudo-maternity wear, Kim Kardashion finally looked, dare I say it, stylish and even sexy in a short black number with a keyhole on the neckline and sheer batwing sleeves, which she paired with a long drooped gold tassel necklace.

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