short /ʃɔːt/ CET4 TEM4 ( shorter, shortest )

• 1. 

  ADJ If something is short or lasts for a short time, it does not last very long. 短暂的

  例：

  The announcement was made a short time ago.

  这个通告是在不久前刚发布的。

  例：

  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. 简短的

  例：

  They were performing a short extract from Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona.

  他们正在表演莎士比亚戏剧《两位维罗纳绅士》中一个简短的片段。

• 3. 

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

  例：

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

  我又高又瘦，他又矮又胖。

  例：

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

  …一个头发灰白的矮小老妇人。

• 4. 

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

  例：

  The restaurant is only a short distance away.

  那个饭店就在不远处。

  例：

  A short flight of steps led to a grand doorway.

  一段短短的楼梯通向一个宽敞的门道。

• 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]

  例：

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

  他父亲的病使得全家缺钱。

  例：

  Government forces are running short of ammunition and fuel.

  政府军正缺少弹药和燃料。

• 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. 未达到的 [v-link ADJ 'of' n]

  例：

  He stopped a hundred yards short of the building.

  他停在离那座建筑还有100码远的地方。

• 7. 

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

  例：

  Short of gagging the children, there was not much she could do about the noise.

  除了不让孩子们说话之外，她对那噪音无能为力。

• 8. 

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

  例：

  His glittering career was cut short by a heart attack.

  他辉煌的事业被一次心脏病发作给提早完结了。

• 9. 

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

  例：

  Her friend Kes (short for Kesewa) was in tears.

  她的朋友凯斯（凯斯瓦的简称）在流泪。

• 10. 

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

  例：

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

  …一个笨拙忸怩而且脾气暴躁的女人，。

• 11. 

  ADJ If you are short with someone, you speak briefly and rather rudely to them, because you are impatient or angry. 简慢无礼的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  She seemed nervous or tense, and she was definitely short with me.

  她似乎是紧张或焦急，显然对我简慢无礼。

• 12. 

  PHRASE If a person or thing is called something for short, that is the short version of their name. 作为简称

  例：

  Opposite me was a woman called Jasminder (Jazzy for short).

  我对面是个叫杰丝明德（简称杰丝）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. 简而言之

  例：

  Try tennis, badminton or windsurfing. In short, anything challenging.

  试试网球、羽毛球或帆板运动。简而言之，任何有挑战性的东西。

• 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 [表不满]

  例：

  The proposals were short on detail.

  这些提议缺少细节。

• 15. 

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

  例：

  He stopped short of explicitly criticizing the government.

  他险些就直言不讳地批评政府了。

• 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