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WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: 主要翻译 | short adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (height: not tall) (高度) | 矮的,矮小的
| | The boy is too short to reach. | | 这男孩太矮了,够不着。 | short adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (distance: not far) (距离) | 短的,近的,里程少的
| | It's only a short walk from here. | | 从这里到那里只是很短的一段路。 | short adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (hair: not long) (头发) | 短的 duǎn de | short adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (of brief duration) (时间) | 短的,短暂的,时间少的
| | That movie was very short. | | 那电影时间很短。 | short adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (concise) | 简短的 jiǎn duǎn de | | | 简洁的 jiǎn jié de | | Her speech was short and to the point. | short for [sth] adj + prep | (abbreviation of) | 是…的缩写
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| | The name "Betty" is sometimes short for "Elizabeth". | shorts nplplural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors." | (short trousers) | 短裤 duǎn kù | | I'll wear shorts and sandals since it's hot today. | | 今天很热,我要穿短裤和凉鞋。 | | 其他翻译 | short adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (succinct) | 简慢的 jiǎn màn de | | | 简略的 jiǎn lüè de | | I didn't appreciate his short manner with me. | short adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (too small) | 短小的 duǎn xiǎo de | | | 过短的 guò duǎn de | | The model wore a short skirt. | short adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (insufficient amount) | 不足的 bù zú de | | | 短缺的 duǎn quē de | | We're short on printer ink. | short adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (finance: of a short sale) (证券、股票等) | 卖空的,空头交易的
| | He held a short position on the stock. | short adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (phonetics) (语音学) | 短音的 duǎn yīn de | | The short vowels are common in English. | short adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (of a small drink) (酒、饮料等) | 一小杯的 yì xiǎo bēi de | | I'd like a short cocktail, please. | short adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (abbreviated) | 简短的,简略的,缩写的
| | I'm is the short form of I am. | short on [sth] adj + prep | pejorative, informal (lacking) | 缺少…,缺乏…,欠缺…
| | The new leader of the party is short on charm; he'll never win over the voters. | short advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (suddenly) | 唐突地 táng tū de | | | 突然地 tū rán de | | The sight of the accident made us stop short. | short advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (on near side of a target) | 未达到目标 wèi dá dào mù biāo | | | 没达到靶子 méi dá dào bǎ zi | | The arrow fell short. | | 那支箭中途坠落了。 | short advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (except) | 除了 chú le | | I don't know what to do, short of leaving. | short advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (baseball: position) (棒球) | 处于游击手位置地 chǔ yú yóu jī shǒu wèi zhì de | | The outfielders were playing short. | short advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (insufficient) | 缺少地 quē shǎo de | | | 不足地 bù zú de | | | 短缺地 duǎn quē de | | The cashier came up short. | | 那位出纳短了钱。 | short nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (cinema: brief film) | 短的影片 duǎn de yǐng piàn | | | 短片 duǎn piàn | | Bill produced a short that won a prize. | short nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (electricity: short circuit) (电路) | 短路,短路故障
| | Crossed wires produced a short in the system. | short nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (garment size) (衣服尺寸) | 短尺寸,个子矮的尺寸
| | My coat is a forty-two short. | short nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (baseball: position) (棒球) | 游击手 yóu jī shǒu | | Daniels is playing third, while James is at short. | shorts nplplural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors." | mainly US (men's underpants) (男士) | 内裤 nèi kù | short⇒ viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (short circuit) (电) | 短路 duǎn lù | | The entire circuit shorted out. | short vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (short circuit) | 使短路 shǐ duǎn lù | | Dripping water shorted the fuse box. | short vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (to sell shares short) | 卖空 mài kōng | | He shorted the stock because he thought the value was going to fall. |
WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: 动词短语 | come up short vi phrasal + adj | informal (disappoint) | 无计可施的
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WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: 复合形式: | cut short vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (interrupt, finish prematurely) | 中断 zhōng duàn | | | 打断 dǎ duàn | | | 突然停止 tū rán tíng zhǐ | | The sprained ankle caused us to cut short the vacation. | fall short viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (not be satisfactory) | 达不到(要求、目标等) dá bú dào yāo qiú mù biāo děng | | | 不让人满意 bú ràng rén mǎn yì | | | 不符合要求 bù fú hé yāo qiú | | The boy's grades fell short of his father's expectations. | fall short v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (not be sufficient) | 缺乏 quē fá | | | 不够 bú gòu | | | 不足 bù zú | | The amount of water in the reservoir falls short of our targets this year. | | 今年水库的储水量没有达到我们的目标。 | for a short time advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (briefly) | 不久 bù jiǔ | | | 短期地 duǎn qī de | | He'd only lived in the apartment for a short time - about two weeks. | for short advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (as an abbreviation) | 缩写 suō xiě | | | 简称 jiǎn chēng | in a short time advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (soon) | 很快 hěn kuài | | | 不久 bù jiǔ | | I'll have it finished in a short time – please be patient. | in a short time advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (within a brief span of time) | 短期内 duǎn qī nèi | | | 短时间内 duǎn shí jiān nèi | | In a short time, the fire spread to the other buildings. | in a short while advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (soon) | 不一会 bù yī huì | | | 很快 hěn kuài | in a short while advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (within a brief span of time) | 短时间内 duǎn shí jiān nèi | in short advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (in summary, in brief) | 总之 zǒng zhī | | | 简言之 jiǎn yán zhī | | In short, the film is well worth seeing. | nothing less than [sth], nothing short of [sth] exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (with noun: only) | 只有 zhǐ yǒu | | Nothing short of a full apology will mollify him. | nothing less than [sth], nothing short of [sth] exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (with adjective: utterly) | 十足,简直
| | His behaviour was nothing short of rude. | on short notice, at short notice, on a moment's notice, at a moment's notice advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (with little warning) | 短期通知 duǎn qī tōng zhī | | Her appointment was cancelled on short notice. I'm sorry to ask you on such short notice, but I only found out about this yesterday. | run short of [sth], run short on [sth] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (have few left) | …短缺,…快用完了
| run short v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (stocks: get low) | 快用完,短缺
| | I see the sugar is running short; we'd better buy some next time we go shopping. | short and sweet adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (brief, concise) | 短暂而甜蜜 duǎn zàn ér tián mì | | | 简明扼要 jiǎn míng è yào | | He kept his answers to the police short and sweet. | short answer nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (concise reply) | 简答 jiǎn dá | | Does he get along with his family? The short answer is no. | short description nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (brief account) | 简短描述 jiǎn duǎn miáo shù | | Please give us a short description of your new proposal. | short distance nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (brief interval in space) | 短距离 duǎn jù lí | | The taxis are only a short distance from the train station. | short film nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (movie less than feature length) | 短片 duǎn piàn | | | 电影短片
| short hair nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (hair: close-cropped) | 短发 duǎn fà | short memory nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (tendency to forget quickly) | 健忘 jiàn wàng | | I have a very short memory for people's names. | short memory nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (short-term recall) | 短时记忆 duǎn shí jì yì | short notice nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (little warning) | 临时通知 lín shí tōng zhī | short of [sth] exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (other than) | 除…外 chú wài | | Short of a raid on the cookie jar, we won't have a snack. | short of doing [sth] exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (other than do [sth]) | 除做…外
| | Short of replacing the whole engine, there is nothing you can do to solve the problem. | short of [sth] adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (lacking) | 不足,短缺
| | | 未达到,少于
| | I need to go shopping: we're short of bread and milk. | short pants nplplural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors." | US (shorts, thigh-length trousers) | 短裤 duǎn kù | | The weather's much too cold for you to wear short pants. | short period nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (brief or limited time) | 短时间 duǎn shí jiān | | The sale will only last a short period, so we should purchase it now. | short shorts nplplural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors." | (hot pants) | 热裤 rè kù | | I like to show off my legs in the summertime wearing short shorts. | short skirt nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (above-the-knee or mini skirt) | 短裙 duǎn qún | | Her short skirt violated the school dress code. | short story nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (written fiction shorter than a novella) | 短篇小说 duǎn piān xiǎo shuō | | He wrote short stories about people living in rural areas. | short story writer nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (author of short fiction) | 短篇小说作家 duǎn piān xiǎo shuō zuò jiā | | Edgar Allan Poe was a famous 19th-century American short story writer. | short term, short-term adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (temporary, not long-lasting) | 短期的 duǎn qī de | 备注: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun | | My short-term educational goal is to graduate college. | short time nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (brief period) | 短时间 duǎn shí jiān | | I was dating him for a short time. | short time, short-time nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (temporarily working for less pay) (多指因工作不多) | 减工,缩减工时
| short version nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (abridged or condensed form) | 缩写版 suō xiě bǎn | | This is just a short version of the full-length movie production. | short version nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | informal (concise account) (非正式用语) | 缩略概括 suō lüè gài kuò | | I'll give you the short version now and tell you the full story later. | short way nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (little distance) | 捷径 jié jìng | | It's only a short way to the grocery store. | short-circuit, short circuit nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (electrical malfunction) | 短路 duǎn lù | short-circuit⇒ viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (malfunction electrically) | 短路 duǎn lù | short-circuit [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (cause to malfunction electrically) | 导致…短路
| | The flooding in the basement short-circuited the freezer. | short-circuit [sth] vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | US, figurative (impede, thwart) | 阻碍 zǔ ài | | Bad weather short-circuited our plans for a picnic. | short-circuit [sth] vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | figurative (procedure: not follow) | 使…绕过
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| | The construction company put pressure on the council to short-circuit the planning permission process. | short-haired adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (having short hair) | 短毛的
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| short-handed adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (not having enough staff) | 缺少人手的
| | | 人手不足的 rén shǒu bù zú de | short-lived adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (brief) | 短暂的,短期的
| | | 短命的,短寿的
| | The revolt was short-lived: it was all over within a week. | short-run adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (short period of time) | 短期的 duǎn qī de | short-sleeved, short-sleeve adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (shirt: sleeves above elbow) | 短袖的 duǎn xiù de | short-tempered adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (easily angered) | 易怒的 yì nù de | | | 脾气暴躁的 pí qì bào zào de | | I can get very short-tempered when things don't go my way. | short-term memory nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (capacity for recall over a brief period) | 短时记忆 duǎn shí jì yì | | His short-term memory began to fail when he reached 80 years of age. | shortcrust, shortcrust pastry, short crust nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | UK (light crumbly pastry) | 小脆皮糕点 xiǎo cuì pí gāo diǎn | short-cut⇒ viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (use a shortcut) | 走捷径 zǒu jié jìng | short-cut [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (use a shortcut on [sth]) | 在…上走捷径
| | Don't try to short-cut this process; it won't work if you do. | | 不要在该流程上走捷径,否则会失败的。 | shortlist, short-list nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (list: chosen finalists) | 决选名单 jué xuǎn míng dān | | The book was on the shortlist for the Booker Prize last year. | short-sighted (UK), nearsighted (US) adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (myopic) (本义) | 近视的,近视眼的
| | The test showed that Toby was shortsighted and needed glasses. | short-sighted (UK), shortsighted (US) adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | figurative (failing to plan ahead) (比喻) | 目光短浅的,没远见的,鼠目寸光的
| | Congress' bill to reduce taxes on greenhouse gas companies was shortsighted. | ton, short ton nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | US (907 kg) (907公斤) | 短吨 duǎn dūn | | The builder ordered a ton of gravel. | too short adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (not long enough) | 太短的 tài duǎn de | | Your essay was too short for the exam standards. | too short adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (not tall enough) | 太矮的 tài ǎi de | | He was too short to join the basketball team. | very short adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (extremely brief) | 非常简短的 fēi cháng jiǎn duǎn de | | Some of Ernest Hemingway's stories are very short. | very short adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (not tall) | 非常短的 fēi cháng duǎn de | | (个子) | 非常矮的 fēi cháng ǎi de | | He's only 5 feet tall. He's very short. | very short advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (abrupt, rude) | 非常简慢地 fēi cháng jiǎn màn de | | | 非常唐突地 fēi cháng táng tū de | | She must be mad at me since she was very short with me when I asked her how she was. |
Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011: short [ $%:t] I adj 1 ( in time) 短暂(暫)的 duǎnzàn de- We had a short meeting.
我们(們)的会(會)面很短暂(暫)。 Wǒmen de huìmiàn hěn duǎnzàn.
2 ( in length) 短的 duǎn de- His black hair was very short.
他的黑头(頭)发(髮)很短。 Tā de hēi tóufa hěn duǎn.
3 (= not tall) 矮的 ǎi de- I'm tall and thin and he's short and fat.
我又高又瘦,他又矮又胖。 Wǒ yòu gāo yòu shòu,tā yòu ǎi yòu pàng.
4 (= scarce) 短缺的 duǎnquē de- Money is short.
钱不够。 Qián bùgòu.
5 (= curt) ▶ to be short (with sb) (对(對)某人)粗暴无(無)礼(禮) (duì mǒurén) cūbào wúlǐ- I'm sorry I was so short with you.
对(對)不起,我对(對)你太粗暴无(無)礼(禮)了。 Duìbùqǐ,wǒ duì nǐ tài cūbào wúlǐ le.
II n [c]1 (Brit) (=drink) 少量烈酒 shǎoliàng lièjiǔ 2 (=film) 短片 duǎnpiàn IIIshorts n pl 1 (=short trousers) 短裤(褲) duǎnkù 2 ( esp US) (= underpants) 男用短衬(襯)裤(褲) nányòng duǎnchènkù- a short time ago
不久以前 bùjiǔ yǐqián - at short notice
临(臨)时(時)通知 línshí tōngzhī - in short
简(簡)而言之 jiǎn ér yán zhī - to have a short temper
脾气(氣)暴躁 píqì bàozào - to be short of sth
缺乏某物 quēfá mǒuwù - I'm 3 short
我还(還)缺3个(個) wǒ hái quē sān gè - Fred is short for Frederick
弗雷德是弗雷德里克的简(簡)称(稱) Fúléidé shì Fúléidélǐkè de jiǎnchēng - a pair of shorts
一条(條)短裤(褲) yī tiáo duǎnkù - to cut short
缩(縮)短 suōduǎn - to run short of
所剩不多了 suǒ shèng bù duō le - to fall short of
未达(達)到 wèi dádào - short of doing…
除了做…外 chúle zuò…wài - nothing/little short of…
不亚(亞)于(於)/简(簡)直就是… bù yà yú/jiǎnzhí jiùshì… - to stop short
突然停住 tūrán tíngzhù - to stop short of doing sth
差点(點)儿(兒)就要做某事 chà diǎnr jiù yào zuò mǒushì
在这些条目还发现'short': 在英文解释里: a little - a little more - a stone's throw - a while ago - acute - ankle boot - anon - assignment - awhile - basset - Basset Hound - beagle - bear - Bermuda shorts - Bill - Billy - biographical sketch - blip - bob - bobbed - bolero - breech - brevity - brief - briefly - bullet - buzz cut - call on - cat nap - catnap - chip - choleric - clip - clipped - close-cropped - cold war - crew cut - crew-cut - crop - cropped - cropped pants - curtail - curtailment - cut across - cutoff - dachshund - depleted - dumpy - dwarf - elevator pitch 中文: 短 - 短短 - 短短的 - 矮 - 俏 - 字样 - 小结 - 晋 - 短促 - 短小 - 短暂 - 短期 - 短波 - 短篇小说 - 短路 - 矮小 - 离 - 缺乏 - 缺少 |