单词 | short of |
释义 | > as lemmasshort of e. short of: having an insufficient quantity of. Also, not possessing, lacking (something necessary or desirable); in want of (something to complete the desired number). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > lacking or without > ill-provided with something barec1220 leana1340 needya1425 matterless1483 deficious1541 scarce of?1541 scanta1595 deficienta1616 strait1662 short of1697 shy1895 low on1904 short on1922 light1936 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 116 Their defenceless Limbs, the Brambles tear; Short of their Wool, and naked from the Sheer. View more context for this quotation 1700 G. Farquhar Constant Couple ii. v. 21 I am very short of Mony at present. 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius No. 33. 176 Young men, having been kept short of money at school. 1794 Ld. Nelson 8 July in Dispatches & Lett. (1844) l. 425 They will, from using as many again as is necessary, be soon short of that article, which probably cannot be supplied them. 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xxv. 220 Allow me to take your hat—we are rather short of pegs. 1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking xi. 246 As it gives rise to the opinion that he is short of funds. 1897 F. Marryat Blood of Vampire xii No one in this 'ouse is kept short of food. 1905 E. Glyn Vicissitudes Evangeline 93 He might be useful to us, if we are short of a gun. 1908 Westmorland Gaz. 21 Nov. 3/2 They were short of bailiffs. short of g. U.S. Stock Market. Having sold as yet unacquired stock which the seller hopes can be bought at a lower price before the time fixed for delivery. Also short of (such stock). Cf. A. 11. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [adjective] > specific operations or arrangements short1849 marginal1870 odd lot1870 share pushing1896 new-time1897 stop-loss1901 over the counter1921 physical1946 OTC1965 index-linked1970 bed and breakfast1974 mark-to-market1981 society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [adjective] > types of dealer stagging1845 short1849 weak1875 bearing1883 ursine1899 knifey1937 over-bullish1970 society > trade and finance > selling > [adjective] > sold > in specific manner retailed1611 short1849 underpriced1861 oversold1879 mass-marketed1960 off-farm1962 1849 Merchants' Mag. 21 118 If he does not own the stock he is ‘short’, or what is the same thing, a ‘bear’. 1865 Harper's Mag. Apr. 616/2 If he has sold 500 Hudson for future delivery, expecting it to fall, he is pronounced ‘short of Hudson’. 1884 A. Daly Big Bonanza 20 The market opened lively with a demand for speculative shares by those who have been ‘short’ of the leading stocks. to short (a person) of a. To shorten the duration of (a person's life, a period of time, a condition); occasionally to bring nearer (an appointed date). Also, to short (a person) of (life, suffering). ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > short duration [verb (transitive)] > shorten shortc1175 laska1375 abridgec1384 breviatea1529 strait1571 scantelize1611 curta1618 shortena1641 decontract1647 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 25 Þenne cumeð..þe deofel..and him scorteð his daȝes. 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 49 Þorgh Edrike's conseile, scho [quene Emme] scorted his life. 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 401 We ne liȝthe noht our lif wiþ no luthur dede, Where-fore we scholde with schame be schorted of daies. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1549 Þow hast lengþed my lif & my langour schortet. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 653 Wherfore swich sorwe shorteth ful ofte the lif of man. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22214 For his derlinges..Vr lauerd sal do scort þe dais, For if þe dais ne scorted were Unnethes suld ani flexs be fere. 1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. ix. 139 The foly company of women destrueth the body, sorthyth the lyuedayes [etc.]. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 174 Þi sorwe may be so gret & so parfyȝt, þat it schal don awey synne, & schortyn þe peyne, as it dyde þe theef on þe crosse. a1500 Abraham 309 in Brome Bk. 63 Fader, I prey ȝow hartely, schorte me of my woo. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxi. 60 To sende me in to strange countres to thentent to short my dayes. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. ccclviiiv Than saye I that no man may shorte ne length the day ordayned of his doyng. a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. E2 Then Edward short my life and end her loues. 1599 W. Shakespeare et al. Passionate Pilgrime (new ed.) sig. C2 Short night to night, and length thy selfe to morrow. a1615 A. Montgomerie Sonn. iii. 14 Sen conscience, love, and cheritie all laiks, Lord, short the season, for the chosens saiks. < as lemmas |
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