单词详解

  adj.

A. 短的，矮的 (primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration)

The railway station is only a short distance from here. 火车站离这里很近。

Bob is shorter than his younger brother. 鲍勃比他弟弟矮。

You’ve cut my hair very short. 你把我头发剪得太短了。

B. 简洁的，简短的，缩写的 [F] [(+for)] (of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration)

UN is short for the United Nations. UN是the United Nations (联合国)的缩写。

C. 短缺的，不足的 [(+of)] (not sufficient to meet a need)

We are short of skilled labor. 我们缺少技术工人。

He is always short of money. 他总是缺钱。

 

相关词组

1. after a short while 不久以后

He came here after a short while. 不久以后他也到了这里。

2. be short of 缺乏 

The company is short of money now. 这个公司眼下缺少资金。

3. cut short 切短，缩短,简化

The teacher asked me to cut short my essay. 老师要求我将作文缩短。

4. fall short of 低于，达不到

Now, our products fall short of demand.现在，我们的产品供不应求。

5. go short of 缺乏

The children mustn’t go short of food. 孩子们不可以缺少食物。

6. in a short while 不久，一会儿后

The boss will come here in a short while. 老板一会儿就到这里。

7. in short supply 供应不足

The food is in short supply in winter in this country. 这个国家到冬天粮食酒供应不足。

8. in short (=in a word) 总之，简言之简单地说

In short, I will do my best to help them. 总之，我会尽力帮助他们的。

9. in the short term 从短期来说

In the short term, the medicine may not be very effective.

从短期来看,这药可能疗效不是很大。

10. run short of 快用完，将耗尽

We have run short of food. 我们的食物快要不够了。

11. do sth. at short notice 只给很少时间准备

The party was arranged at short notice. 我们仓促地安排了这次聚会。

 

相关单词

比较级：shorter

最高级：shortest

名词：shortage 不足，缺乏

 

相关链接

词语辨析：for short, short for

for short, short for

for short: 简称，缩写。

be short for: 为……的缩写/简称。

词语详解

1. for short: 简称，缩写。

We call bicycle bike for short. 我们将bicycle简称为bike。

2. be short for: 为……的缩写/简称

The usual word “pub” is short for “public house”.

常用的“pub”一词是“public house”的简略形式。