short
a. 短的, 近的, 矮的, 短期的, 简短的, 少量的 adv. 简短地, 突然 n. 扼要, 短片, 缺乏 vt. 故意少给, 使短路
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教材释义与例句
短；缺乏；短路；短裤
a short film shown in the cinema
短的；不足的；矮的，低的
happening or continuing for only a little time or for less time than usual
不足；突然；唐突地
to almost do something but then decide not to do it
释义与例句
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A short circuit.
The circuit breaker keeps tripping because there's a short in the wiring.
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A short film.
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A short film.
A short-form vertical video.
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A short version of a garment in a particular size.
38 short suits fit me right off the rack.
Do you have that size in a short?
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A shortstop.
体育 游戏Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.
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A short seller.
商务 金融The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.
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A short sale or short position.
商务 金融He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.
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A summary account.
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A short phone (such as a vowel) or syllable.
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An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
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An automobile.
美国 俚语crack shorts
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To cause a short circuit in (something).
及物You should short the poles of the capacitor to discharge it before you work on it.
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To short circuit.
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To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.
非正式 及物This is the third time I've caught them shorting us.
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To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
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To shorten.
废旧
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Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
短
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Of a person, living being, or object, having a comparatively small height.
矮
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Having little duration.
短
Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it’s been at least twenty minutes long.
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Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
"Phone" is short for "telephone" and "asap" short for "as soon as possible".
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Of a fielder or fielding position, that is relatively close to the batsman.
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Of a ball, bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
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Of an approach shot or putt, that falls short of the green or the hole.
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Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
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Of pastries or (metallurgy) of materials, brittle, crumbly.
烹饪hot short
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Abrupt, brief, pointed, curt.
He gave a short answer to the question.
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Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
a short supply of provisions
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Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
to be short of money
I'd lend you the cash but I'm a little short at present.
The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift.
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Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
an account which is short of the truth
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Undiluted; neat.
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Not distant in time; near at hand.
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Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
商务 金融short position
I'm short in General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.
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Doubtful of, skeptical of.
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Of money, given in the fewest possible notes, i.e. those of the largest denomination.
过时 商务 金融
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Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.
He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.
The boss got a message and cut the meeting short.
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Unawares.
The recent developments at work caught them short.
We were caught short by the sudden hailstorm.
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Without achieving a goal or requirement.
His speech fell short of what was expected.
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Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
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With a negative ownership position.
商务 金融We went short most finance companies in July.
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Deficient in.
We are short a few men on the second shift.
He's short common sense.
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Having a negative position in.
商务 金融I don’t want to be short the market going into the weekend.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-West Germanic *skurt Old English sċort Middle English schort English short From Middle English schort, short, from Old English sċeort, sċort (“short”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Doublet of shirt, skirt, and curt. Cognates Cognate with Scots short, schort (“short”), French court, Dutch kort, German kurz, Old High German scurz (“short”) (whence Middle High German schurz), Old Norse skorta (“to lack”) (whence Danish skorte), Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), Latin curtus (“shortened, incomplete”) and Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ. See more at shirt.
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