释义 |
short-changeˌshort-ˈchange verb [transitive] VERB TABLEshort-change |
Present | I, you, we, they | short-change | | he, she, it | short-changes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | short-changed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have short-changed | | he, she, it | has short-changed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had short-changed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will short-change | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have short-changed |
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Present | I | am short-changing | | he, she, it | is short-changing | | you, we, they | are short-changing | Past | I, he, she, it | was short-changing | | you, we, they | were short-changing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been short-changing | | he, she, it | has been short-changing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been short-changing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be short-changing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been short-changing |
- Fans felt they had been short-changed when the band only played for half an hour.
1to treat someone unfairly by not giving them what they deserve or hoped for: When the band only played for 15 minutes, the fans felt they had been short-changed.2to give back too little money to a customer who has bought something and paid more than the exact amount for it |