short是什么意思

short作形容词时意为短的、个子矮的、短期的、短暂的。作名词时意为少量烈酒、(尤指在正片前放映的)电影短片，作副词时意为缺少、不足、未达到、不及、中间(打断)、过早地(终止)。

英语是现在的国际通用语言，所以说掌握一些基本的英语是非常有必要的，那么下面咱们来说说short是什么意思。

short英 [ʃɔːt] 美 [ʃɔːrt]adj. 短的;个子矮的;短期的;短暂的adv. 缺少;不足;未达到;不及;中间(打断);过早地(终止)n. 少量烈酒;(尤指在正片前放映的)电影短片vi. 故意少给…的零头;骗取短路第三人称单数： short复数： shorts现在分词： shorting过去式： shorted过去分词： shorted比较级： shorter最高级： shortest派生词： shortness

习语in short order 麻利；简单省事quickly and without troublein the short run 从短期来看；眼下concerning the immediate futureIn the short run, unemployment may fall.从短期来看，失业率可能降低。in short supply 不充裕；短缺；紧缺not existing in large enough quantities to satisfy demandBasic foodstuffs were in short supply.基本食物紧缺。Sunshine will be in short supply for the west coast.西海岸将不会有充足的阳光。little/nothing short of sth可以说是；无异于；近乎used when you are saying that sth is almost true, or is equal to sthLast year’s figures were little short of disastrous.去年的数字简直是灾难。The transformation has been nothing short of a miracle.这种变化堪称奇迹。make short work of sth/sb干净利落地打败（或处理）；三下五除二就打垮（或解决）to defeat, deal with sth/sb quicklyLiverpool made short work of the opposition (= in a football/ soccer game) .利物浦队干净利落地击败了对手。He made short work of his lunch (= ate it quickly) .他三下两下吃完午饭。short and sweet(informal) 短暂而美好；简明扼要；紧凑pleasant but not lasting a long timeWe haven’t much time so I’ll keep it short and sweet.我们时间不多，我就长话短说吧。draw the short strawNAmE get the short end of the stick抽到倒霉签；被派做苦差事to be the person in a group who is chosen or forced to perform an unpleasant duty or taskI drew the short straw and had to clean the toilets.我抽到了下下签，只得打扫厕所了。life’s too short(informal) 人生苦短；不可枉费此生used to say that it is not worth wasting time doing sth that you dislike or that is not important

双语例句The announcement was made a short time ago通告是不久前才宣布的。For a few short weeks there was peace有过短短几周的和平。They were performing a short extract from Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona他们正表演莎士比亚剧作《维洛那二绅士》中的一个片段。I’m tall and thin and he’s short and fat.我又高又瘦，他又矮又胖。The city centre and shops are only a short distance away市中心和商店离得很近。Her father’s illness left the family short of money她父亲的病造成家里经济拮据。He stopped a hundred yards short of the building他在离大楼100码处停下了。Short of climbing railings four metres high, there was no way into the garden from this road除非爬过4米高的栏杆，否则从这条路没办法进到园子里。His glittering career was cut short by a heart attack他辉煌的事业因心脏病发作而被迫终止。