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单词 to make short of long
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to make short of long
a. Of a speech, sentence, book, word, etc.: Having a small extent from beginning to end; brief. Phrases, to make a long story short: see long adj.1 and n.1 Phrases 3g; to make short of long. Also †in short words: in few words, briefly. the short answer to (something) is (and variants) (colloquial), used to introduce a straightforward, immediate, or peremptory response or solution; also transferred and figurative.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adjective] > brief
shortc1000
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] > in short
at a (also one) wordOE
at few wordsOE
shortly1303
in short wordsc1380
oncec1384
in short and plainc1386
in sum?a1425
at short wordsa1450
at short1513
briefly?1521
in a word1522
in one word1522
with a word1522
summa1535
to be short1544
in (the) fine1545
in few1550
summarily1567
in a sum1574
in shorta1577
in brief1609
briefa1616
in a little1623
tout court1747
sans phrase1808
in a nutshell1822
in nuce1854
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > be concise or brief [verb (intransitive)]
to be at a (also one) wordOE
to make short1556
to be brief1588
abbreviate1596
to cut short1691
to cut (also make) a long story short1732
to make short of long1883
the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > a sharp answer, retort
regestion1565
snaphance1598
regest1609
retortion1609
retort1610
retractation1637
riposte1877
comeback1908
answer-back1921
the short answer to (something) is1955
c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints I. iv. 140 We hit sæcgað eow on þa scortostan wisan.
1300 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 190 And forto make schorte tales, Ther cam [etc.].
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 98 Þe bezechinge þet he ous made of his uayre yblessede mouþe uayre guode ssorte an cleuiynde.
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 221 Jesus Crist made it [the Paternoster], and comaundid it in schorte wordis.
1411 26 Polit. Poems 40 At a sarmon wil bid a frere Make it short, or ellys be stylle.
c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 8 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 29 Hillarius, In schorth spech sayand þus [etc.].
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope viii Thre fables wel shorte.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bviii A short recapitulacion.
1575 G. Gascoigne Glasse of Gouernem. ii. v. sig. Eiiiv Short tale to make, I [etc.].
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 156 Their names that you geue them [sc. dogs], must be short.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxx. 182 When I consider how short were the Lawes of antient times.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. Pref. sig. a 2v They are only not so full as they would have been, had the Author liued to decipher the Short Notes.
1747 in Further Minutes of Evid. Nairne Peerage (1874) 150 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. D) XII. 199 A full double of the said summons with a short copy on the foot thereof.
1751 T. Gray Elegy viii. 6 The short and simple annals of the poor.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. ii. 16 A short rent-roll.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xii. 103 Osborne's were short and soldierlike letters.
1883 R. W. Dixon Mano iv. vii. 160 There, to make short of long, was he way-laid By many knights at once.
1891 E. T. Olver & T. E. O'Reilly Imperial Tariff 262 When it is complete he makes a short copy.
1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 275 Important letters or short notes.
1955 New Statesman 24 Dec. 851/1 I suppose the short answer is money.
1962 Times 24 Nov. 4/6 The short answer is that they seem to indicate a far less cavalier attitude to viewers' wishes on the part of the television companies than has previously been manifest.
1966 ‘W. Cooper’ Mem. New Man i. iv. 47 ‘The short answer to that, my dear, is No.’ ‘But what about the long answer?’
1968 Guardian 10 June 7/6 There's no short answer. We have tried.. to persuade our dealers that giving service increases sales.
1978 A. Price '44 Vintage vi. 69 We don't get captured, Jack—that's the short answer.
1980 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 23 Mar. 11/3 The short answer is: yes, it is ill will.
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