英语词汇“to come up short”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

13. intransitive. colloquial. to come up short.

a. To stop abruptly (literal and figurative); to come to a sudden halt.

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1845 R. S. Surtees Hillingdon Hall I. 27 After a little repetition about the weather and a hit at the rose bushes, conversation came up short.

1919 Boy Scouts Year Bk. 72/2 The outfit was in a muddle right there, for the pack horses came up short, with snorts of terror, and with every nerve quiverin'.

1943 Living Church 25 July 10/3 You grow more and more eager to be about our Father's business, and it makes you restless..to come up short that way, like a boat being snubbed suddenly by its anchor.

1990 R. Blount First Hubby 192 I came up short for a moment, because that is not the way I talk. I regrouped and pressed on.

2010 S. S. Gubser Little Bk. String Theory iii. 35 I fell into empty space... With a jerk, I came up short on the next piece.

b. To be deficient or lacking in something; to fail to reach a goal, standard, or target; to fall short.

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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > fail or fall short

false?c1225

fault1486

to be wanting to oneself1582

want1643

undershoot1874

to come up short1917

underperform1976

1917 Shanghai Times 9 Aug. 4/3 Davis..catches a good game, but comes up short in team work.

1935 Pittsburgh Courier 24 Aug. ii. 4/1 The Pittsburgh fans..have been coming up short in their support of the Craws and the Grays.

1948 N.Y. Amsterdam News 13 Mar. 26/1 Most of the present-day fighters come up short in comparison with the boys of yesteryear.

1996 T. Enos Gender Roles & Faculty Lives in Rhetoric & Composition viii. 104 As teachers, aren't we used to telling our students where they have come up short?

2013 T. Pynchon Bleeding Edge vii. 71 If this generation of con artists came up short now and then in IT skills, they made up for it in the area of social engineering.

单词	to come up short
释义	> as lemmas to come up short 13. intransitive. colloquial. to come up short. a. To stop abruptly (literal and figurative); to come to a sudden halt. ΚΠ 1845 R. S. Surtees Hillingdon Hall I. 27 After a little repetition about the weather and a hit at the rose bushes, conversation came up short. 1919 Boy Scouts Year Bk. 72/2 The outfit was in a muddle right there, for the pack horses came up short, with snorts of terror, and with every nerve quiverin'. 1943 Living Church 25 July 10/3 You grow more and more eager to be about our Father's business, and it makes you restless..to come up short that way, like a boat being snubbed suddenly by its anchor. 1990 R. Blount First Hubby 192 I came up short for a moment, because that is not the way I talk. I regrouped and pressed on. 2010 S. S. Gubser Little Bk. String Theory iii. 35 I fell into empty space... With a jerk, I came up short on the next piece. b. To be deficient or lacking in something; to fail to reach a goal, standard, or target; to fall short. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > fail or fall short false?c1225 fault1486 to be wanting to oneself1582 want1643 undershoot1874 to come up short1917 underperform1976 1917 Shanghai Times 9 Aug. 4/3 Davis..catches a good game, but comes up short in team work. 1935 Pittsburgh Courier 24 Aug. ii. 4/1 The Pittsburgh fans..have been coming up short in their support of the Craws and the Grays. 1948 N.Y. Amsterdam News 13 Mar. 26/1 Most of the present-day fighters come up short in comparison with the boys of yesteryear. 1996 T. Enos Gender Roles & Faculty Lives in Rhetoric & Composition viii. 104 As teachers, aren't we used to telling our students where they have come up short? 2013 T. Pynchon Bleeding Edge vii. 71 If this generation of con artists came up short now and then in IT skills, they made up for it in the area of social engineering. extracted from comev. < as lemmas
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