| 单词 | to go short |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go short d. Having an insufficient supply of money, food, or something else implied by the context; spec. not having the means to meet one's engagements. to go short: to suffer privation, have less than enough. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > lacking or without > poorly supplied or equipped > specifically of persons feeblec1330 insufficient1426 unpurveyeda1492 dispurveyeda1513 penurous1594 short1763 hard-run1834 lacking1868 the mind > possession > non-possession > not have or lack [verb (intransitive)] > go short to go short1753 stint1848 to go short1895 1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. i. 37 I am so short in cash, that I am not able to pay my workmen. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. ii. ii. 98 I have to settle for my coffee spec., and may be short. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lxiv. 163 ‘They kept me very short,’ said the small servant. ‘..So I used to come out at night..and feel about in the dark for bits of biscuit.’ 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 306 Short, that is, in want of the necessary means to comply with his obligations. 1894 G. W. Appleton Co-respondent I. 106 I'm always short..Would a loan of 100l. be of any service to you? 1895 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 603 ‘So you goes short, Sarann?’ ‘I be used to 't’, said Mrs. Bradley. 1901 Essex Herald 9 Apr. 5/5 Please cash the orders I enclose:.. don't go short when you want any. < as lemmas |
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