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单词 short
释义

short

1 of 4

adjective

ˈshȯrt How to pronounce short (audio)
1
a
: having little length
b
: not tall or high : low
2
a
: not extended in time : brief
a short vacation
b
: not retentive
a short memory
c
: expeditious, quick
made short work of the problem
d
: seeming to pass quickly
made great progress in just a few short years
3
a
of a speech sound : having a relatively short duration
b
: being the member of a pair of similarly spelled vowel or vowel-containing sounds that is descended from a vowel that was short in duration but is no longer so and that does not necessarily have duration as its chief distinguishing feature
short i in sin
c of a syllable in prosody
(1)
: of relatively brief duration
(2)
: unstressed
4
: limited in distance
a short trip
5
a
: not coming up to a measure or requirement : insufficient
in short supply
b
: not reaching far enough
the throw to first was short
c
: enduring privation
d
: insufficiently supplied
short of breath
short of cash
short on brains
6
a
: abrupt, curt
I'm sorry I was short with you
b
: quickly provoked
a short temper
7
: choppy sense 2
8
: payable at an early date
a short loan
9
a
: containing or cooked with shortening
also : flaky
short pastry
b
of metal : brittle under certain conditions
10
a
: not lengthy or drawn out
a short speech
b
: made briefer : abbreviated
11
a
: not having goods or property that one has sold in anticipation of a fall in prices
b
: consisting of, relating to, or engaging in the sale of securities or commodities that the seller does not possess or has not contracted for at the time of the sale
short sale
a short seller
12
: near the end of a tour of duty
shortish
ˈshȯr-tish How to pronounce short (audio)
adjective
shortness
ˈshȯrt-nəs How to pronounce short (audio)
noun

short

2 of 4

adverb

1
: in a curt manner
2
: for or during a brief time
short-lasting
3
: at a disadvantage : unawares
caught short
4
: in an abrupt manner : suddenly
the car stopped short
5
: at some point or degree before a goal or limit aimed at or under consideration
the bombs fell short
quit a month short of graduation
6
: clean across
the axle was snapped short
7
: by or as if by a short sale

short

3 of 4

noun

1
: the sum and substance : upshot
2
a
: a short syllable
b
: a short sound or signal
3
shorts plural
a
: a by-product of wheat milling that includes the germ, fine bran, and some flour
b
: refuse, clippings, or trimmings discarded in various manufacturing processes
4
a
: knee-length or less than knee-length trousers
—usually used in plural
b
shorts plural : short drawers
c
: a size in clothing for short men
5
a
: one who operates on the short side of the market
b
shorts plural : short-term bonds
6
shorts plural : deficiencies
7
: short circuit
8
: shortstop
9
a
: short subject
b
: a brief story or article (as in a newspaper)

short

4 of 4

verb

shorted; shorting; shorts
1
transitive + intransitive : short-circuit
The electrical system also received upgrades: Most rooms had only three or fewer outlets, and plugging in multiple devices usually shorted the circuit. Steven Wyman-Blackburn
The housing association gave her a "temperamental" electric shower but this cannot be used as the time as other electric items—including the television—as it will cause the circuit to short. Anna Slater
—often used with out in U.S. English
… microscopic particles of airborne dust are large enough to short out the chip's circuitry. Michael Rothschild… were sabotaging the system by deliberately entering incorrect information into the computers and, if all else failed, hosing the computers down until they shorted out. John Sedgwick
2
transitive, informal : shortchange, cheat
When she returned minutes later, she handed me a twenty-dollar bill and a five. No change and no receipt, which meant I couldn't call her on the fact that she'd shorted Henry by sixty-six cents. Sue Grafton
3
transitive, finance : to sell (a security) short in expectation of a fall in prices
a heavily shorted stock
Today [in 2003], only two per cent of all United States stock-market shares are shorted, and even with looser restrictions short selling is likely to remain uncommon. James Surowiecki
Phrases
in short order
: with dispatch : quickly
for short
: as an abbreviation
named Katherine or Kate for short
in short
: by way of summary : briefly

Synonyms

Adjective

  • little
  • low
  • low-lying
  • low-slung
  • sawed-off

Adverb

  • abruptly
  • suddenly

Verb

  • beat
  • bilk
  • bleed
  • cheat
  • chisel
  • chouse
  • con
  • cozen
  • defraud
  • diddle
  • do
  • do in
  • euchre
  • fiddle
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • gaff
  • hose [slang]
  • hustle
  • mulct
  • nobble [British slang]
  • pluck
  • ream
  • rip off
  • rook
  • screw
  • shake down
  • shortchange
  • skin
  • skunk
  • squeeze
  • stick
  • stiff
  • sting
  • sucker
  • swindle
  • thimblerig
  • victimize
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Example Sentences

Adjective One of my legs is slightly shorter than the other. He is short for his age. the shortest day of the year Life's too short to worry about the past. The movie was very short. You have done a lot in a short space of time. a short burst of speed I've only lived here for a short time. She has made great progress in a few short years. He visited for two short weeks. Adverb He threw the ball short. the bicyclist ahead of me unexpectedly pulled up short and I unavoidably plowed into him Noun The short before the main movie was very funny. Verb The lightning shorted the TV. The hair dryer must have shorted. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
The National Hurricane Center has shifted Fiona’s path a bit to the south in the short term, which could keep the center of the storm from crossing over Puerto Rico but put the island in line to receive some of the worst wind and rain. Leigh Morgan, al, 16 Sep. 2022 The treatment likely works in the short term because ice has a numbing effect, according to the Mayo Clinic. Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF, 16 Sep. 2022 In the short term, homeowners and prospective buyers alike will keep eyeing the market, wondering if a big correction is on the way. Mene Ukueberuwa, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022 The suspect 16 to 20 years old with short hair, according to police. Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2022 The defense countered that if Packer had short hair, no beard, and was wearing a different shirt, he might be viewed differently. Nicole Moeder, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2022 This program may be an appropriate step for someone who has experienced a short-term involuntary hospital hold (either 72 hours or 14 days) or who can be safely diverted from certain criminal proceedings. Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022 So the authors hypothesized that running speed would increase in the short term and decrease as the constipation became severe. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 Sep. 2022 The Federal Reserve was already going to increase short-term rates next week in its effort to restrain inflation. Kathy Orton, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2022
Adverb
But that breakthrough against Kikuchi was short-lived; the Blue Jays retired the next 11 Orioles in order before rookie Gunnar Henderson’s seventh-inning single. Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 16 Sep. 2022 Even outflows triggered by the March 2020 Covid-19 market crash were short-lived; by that June, money was flowing back in. Heather Gillers, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022 The union was short-lived, and Hall later married the American civil rights activist Haywood Hall. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2022 Salt Bae’s online reign was powerful but short-lived, his memedom crumbling like plenty before him. Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 9 Sep. 2022 While recent rainfall has helped, officials with the National Weather Service office in North Little Rock said the relief will be short-lived as dry conditions begin to settle in again. Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 30 July 2022 The alliance ultimately proved short-lived when the Big Ten accepted USC and UCLA away from the Pac-12, throwing college football into another unstable period. Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al, 19 July 2022 As the House passed the Women's Health Care Act on Friday to make Roe v. Wade the law of the land, its lead sponsor, Rep. Judy Chu, knew the celebration would be short-lived. Candy Woodall, USA TODAY, 17 July 2022 But beware: This cinematic butterfly is short-lived. Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2022
Noun
The debris and moisture can cause an electrical short, and may spark a fire while the cars are driving or parked. CBS News, 23 Aug. 2022 Anthony Vaccarello, the brand’s designer, who loves a micro short, cited another famed hot-pants wearer as his spring 2021 muse: Canadian electro-clash musician and performance artist Peaches. Nancy Macdonell, WSJ, 22 June 2022 Hall starred in Anderson’s breakthrough short, Cigarettes and Coffee, and its subsequent feature-length adaptation, Hard Eight, as well as classics like Magnolia and Boogie Nights. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2022 The documentary short was supported by the Pulitzer Center. Jesse Ryan, Scientific American, 13 June 2022 On into the feature it's become — one that even puts interviewer Fleischer-Camp on camera while preserving his original short's faux-documentary vérité style. Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 13 May 2022 Each of the Simpson children has starred in their own short. Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 15 Apr. 2022 Written and directed by Rohrwacher, the 37-minute short is backed by Disney and was produced by Alfonso Cuaron in tandem with her regular producer Carlo Cresto-Dina. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 27 May 2022 Neighbors of the fourplex paid $4,000 to repair damage from water that leaked into their yard and dripped into their basement, causing an electrical short. Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Apr. 2022
Verb
Austin Hedges scored the winning run from third on Amed Rosario’s two-out grounder to short that Carlos Correa couldn’t handle for an error. Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2022 With one out, Tim Anderson hit a grounder to short for what should have been an inning-ending double play, but Donovan Walton threw wildly to second. Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2022 But Patty sandwiched a swinging strikeout and a popup to short around an intentional walk to escape the inning with a tie. Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2022 The weapon delivers a surge of energy that can short out anything from cell phones to power grids. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 July 2022 With Coinbase reporting a $430 million first-quarter loss, some hedge funds are starting to short the stock, meaning Wall Street is betting on Coinbase's value dropping even further. Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 8 July 2022 Meanwhile, funds shorting bitcoin saw inflows totaling $15 million in the same week thanks to the launch of ProShares' Short Bitcoin ETF, which debuted Tuesday and marks the first U.S. fund designed to short the world's largest cryptocurrency. Jonathan Ponciano, Forbes, 27 June 2022 Rambusch grounds out to short on an 0-1 count for the first out of the inning. al, 11 June 2022 The proposal would short the state about $300 million over a few months, but Democrats argued the state could fill that gap with the state's cash reserves surplus, which the party says is on track to surpass $6 billion by the end of the budget year. Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 19 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English, from Old English sceort; akin to Old High German scurz short, Old Norse skortr lack

First Known Use

Adjective

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Adverb

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

circa 1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1904, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing short

  • at short notice
  • be on/have a short fuse
  • at such short notice
  • bring up short
  • cut short
  • come up short of
  • fall short
  • fall short of expectations
  • in short order
  • in the short term
  • keep it short and sweet
  • make short/quick/light work of
  • nothing short of
  • on short notice
  • over the short run
  • over the short term
  • pull up short
  • run short
  • short and sweet
  • run short of
  • short circuit
  • short-day
  • short division
  • short-eared owl
  • short fuse
  • short-haul
  • short-haired
  • short line
  • short-horned grasshopper
  • short message service
  • short-nosed cattle louse
  • short of
  • short of breath
  • short-range
  • short-order
  • short run
  • short ribs
  • short-sheet
  • short shrift
  • short-spoken
  • short story
  • short-stop
  • short subject
  • short temper
  • short-tailed weasel
  • short-term
  • short-tempered
  • short weight
  • short ton
  • short-term memory
  • the long and the short
  • the long and short
  • short-winded
  • the long and (the) short of it
  • the short end of the stick
  • the short run
  • the short term
  • come short of
  • in short supply
  • come up short
  • short hundredweight
  • short-lived
  • short memory
  • caught short
  • on such short notice
  • short-stay
  • taken/caught short
  • short list
  • short loin
  • short ballot
  • short-staffed
  • short-grass prairie
  • short rations
  • short sight
  • in the short run
  • stop short
  • short time
  • short space of time
  • gets short of breath
  • on short rations
  • in short
  • for short
  • short of the mark
  • sell short
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  • at short notice
  • be on/have a short fuse
  • at such short notice
  • bring up short
  • cut short
  • come up short of
  • fall short
  • fall short of expectations
  • in short order
  • in the short term
  • keep it short and sweet
  • make short/quick/light work of
  • nothing short of
  • on short notice
  • over the short run
  • over the short term
  • pull up short
  • run short
  • short and sweet
  • run short of
  • short circuit
  • short-day
  • short division
  • short-eared owl
  • short fuse
  • short-haul
  • short-haired
  • short line
  • short-horned grasshopper
  • short message service
  • short-nosed cattle louse
  • short of
  • short of breath
  • short-range
  • short-order
  • short run
  • short ribs
  • short-sheet
  • short shrift
  • short-spoken
  • short story
  • short-stop
  • short subject
  • short temper
  • short-tailed weasel
  • short-term
  • short-tempered
  • short weight
  • short ton
  • short-term memory
  • the long and the short
  • the long and short
  • short-winded
  • the long and (the) short of it
  • the short end of the stick
  • the short run
  • the short term
  • come short of
  • in short supply
  • come up short
  • short hundredweight
  • short-lived
  • short memory
  • caught short
  • on such short notice
  • short-stay
  • taken/caught short
  • short list
  • short loin
  • short ballot
  • short-staffed
  • short-grass prairie
  • short rations
  • short sight
  • in the short run
  • stop short
  • short time
  • short space of time
  • gets short of breath
  • on short rations
  • in short
  • for short
  • short of the mark
  • sell short
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Kids Definition

short 1 of 3

adjective

ˈshȯrt How to pronounce short (audio)
shorter; shortest
1
: not long or tall
short hair
a short boy
short stories
2
: not great in distance
a short trip
3
: not lasting long : brief in time
a short delay
a short memory
4
: cut down to a brief length
"Doc" is short for "doctor."
5
: less than the usual or needed amount
Fruit was in short supply.
We met on short notice.
6
: having less than what is needed : not having enough
I'm short of money.
The team was short two players.
7
: not reaching far enough
The throw was short.
8
: easily stirred up
a short temper
9
: rudely brief
I didn't mean to be short with you.
10
: of, relating to, or being one of the vowel sounds \\ə, a, e, i, u̇\\ and sometimes \\ä\\ and \\ȯ\\

short

2 of 3

adverb

1
: with suddenness
I stopped short.
2
: to or at a point that is not as far as expected or desired
He threw the ball short.

short

3 of 3

noun

1
shorts plural : pants that reach to or almost to the knees
2
shorts plural : short underpants
3
: something (as a movie) shorter than the usual or regular length
4
: short circuit

Legal Definition

short 1 of 2

adjective

1
: treated or disposed of quickly in court
the calendar for short causes
2
: having a short term
short loans
short leases
3
a
: not having goods or property that one has sold in anticipation of a fall in prices
a seller who was short at the time of the sale
b
: consisting of or relating to a sale of securities or commodities that the seller does not possess or has not contracted for at the time of the sale
a short position
see also short sale 1 at sale
4
: not involving or providing a sufficient amount of money to cover a loan see also short sale 2 at sale, short refinance

short

2 of 2

adverb

: by or as if by a short sale
sold the stock short

short 1 of 4

adjective

1
as in little
having relatively little height a lot of boys are shorter than the girls in middle school, but they quickly catch up by high school

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • little
  • small
  • low
  • tiny
  • slight
  • compact
  • low-slung
  • flat
  • mini
  • minute
  • sawed-off
  • dwarf
  • petite
  • diminutive
  • low-lying
  • stubby
  • miniature
  • smallish
  • pocket
  • dwarfish
  • stumpy
  • wee
  • squatty
  • dinky
  • puny
  • bitty
  • teeny
  • dumpy
  • squat
  • stunted
  • minimized
  • pocket-sized
  • bantam
  • undersized
  • pocket-size
  • pygmy
  • scrubby
  • pint-sized
  • half-pint
  • teeny-weeny
  • undersize
  • pint-size

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • tall
  • high
  • lofty
  • towering
  • lifted
  • large
  • elevated
  • upswept
  • voluminous
  • big
  • statuesque
  • lanky
  • altitudinous
  • uplifted
  • raised
  • sizeable
  • rangy
  • sizable
  • hefty
  • bulky
  • oversized
  • gangling
  • outsized
  • largish
  • oversize
  • outsize
  • high-rise
  • hulking
  • gangly
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2
as in brief
not lasting for a considerable time fortunately for those of us in the hot sun, the graduation speech was short and to the point

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • brief
  • little
  • concise
  • shortened
  • sudden
  • fast
  • shortish
  • abbreviated
  • condensed
  • summary
  • abridged
  • curtailed
  • succinct
  • pithy
  • fleeting
  • compact
  • transient
  • momentary
  • transitory
  • abrupt
  • terse
  • ephemeral
  • syncopated
  • epigrammatic
  • compendious
  • cut-back
  • laconic
  • crisp
  • short-term
  • short-lived
  • short-range
  • impermanent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • long
  • lengthy
  • great
  • extended
  • far
  • longish
  • prolonged
  • interminable
  • persistent
  • endless
  • protracted
  • unending
  • overlong
  • everlasting
  • permanent
  • long-drawn-out
  • long-drawn
  • long-lived
  • enlarged
  • supplemented
  • expanded
  • long-term
  • long-range
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3
as in lacking
not coming up to an expected measure or meeting a particular need regrettably, the art supplies are short this year, so you'll have to share

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • lacking
  • low
  • scarce
  • insufficient
  • inadequate
  • shy
  • wanting
  • deficient
  • sparse
  • slender
  • small
  • unsatisfactory
  • meager
  • mere
  • spare
  • scant
  • lean
  • unacceptable
  • skimpy
  • slim
  • minimum
  • light
  • scanty
  • poor
  • substandard
  • slight
  • bare
  • meagre
  • stingy
  • niggardly
  • skimp
  • hand-to-mouth

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • adequate
  • enough
  • sufficient
  • copious
  • ample
  • generous
  • abundant
  • plentiful
  • bountiful
  • plenteous
  • bounteous
  • liberal
  • satisfactory
  • large
  • supplemented
  • enlarged
  • expanded
  • plenitudinous
  • substantial
  • tolerable
  • rich
  • big
  • considerable
  • super
  • sizeable
  • lavish
  • overflowing
  • teeming
  • sizable
  • hefty
  • oversized
  • luxuriant
  • jumbo
  • largish
  • oversize
  • abounding
  • king-sized
  • king-size
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4
as in crisp
having a texture that readily breaks into little pieces under pressure short pastry

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • crisp
  • brittle
  • fragile
  • crispy
  • delicate
  • flaky
  • friable
  • crumbly
  • brickle
  • crisped
  • flakey
  • embrittled
  • crunchy
  • crusty
  • crispened
  • crackly
  • breakable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • flexible
  • strong
  • elastic
  • tough
  • resilient
  • sturdy
  • pliable
  • pliant
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5
as in blunt
being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner I didn't mean to be so short with you by responding to your request with a snippy "I'm busy!"

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • blunt
  • abrupt
  • curt
  • gruff
  • brusque
  • outspoken
  • bluff
  • unceremonious
  • downright
  • brief
  • crusty
  • straightforward
  • rude
  • snippy
  • crass
  • rough
  • honest
  • short-spoken
  • plain
  • direct
  • frank
  • brusk
  • candid
  • vulgar
  • open
  • reserved
  • terse
  • earnest
  • coarse
  • forthright
  • snappish
  • laconic
  • artless
  • insensitive
  • sincere
  • disrespectful
  • tactless
  • plainspoken
  • discourteous
  • straight-out
  • impertinent
  • impolite
  • crude
  • undiplomatic
  • inconsiderate
  • reticent
  • low
  • foursquare
  • point-blank
  • free-spoken
  • closemouthed
  • uncouth
  • tight-lipped

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • circuitous
  • smooth
  • diplomatic
  • polite
  • civil
  • gracious
  • tactful
  • courteous
  • politic
  • suave
  • considerate
  • voluble
  • talkative
  • loquacious
  • prolix
  • verbose
  • mealymouthed
  • long-winded
  • polished
  • gallant
  • refined
  • genteel
  • cultivated
  • courtly
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short

2 of 4

adverb

as in abruptly
with great suddenness the bicyclist ahead of me unexpectedly pulled up short and I unavoidably plowed into him

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • abruptly
  • suddenly
  • fast
  • quickly
  • unexpectedly
  • quick
  • rapidly
  • on a sudden
  • surprisingly
  • all of a sudden
  • swift
  • immediately
  • right off
  • right
  • right away
  • promptly
  • swiftly
  • straightaway
  • instantly
  • speedily
  • instantaneously
  • full tilt
  • readily
  • incontinently
  • hastily
  • directly
  • pronto
  • recklessly
  • rashly
  • impulsively
  • posthaste
  • impetuously
  • snappily

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • slowly
  • gradually
  • hesitantly

short

3 of 4

verb

as in to squeeze
to rob by the use of trickery or threats charged that the used-car dealer had been shorting customers for years

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • squeeze
  • cheat
  • stick
  • sting
  • hustle
  • pluck
  • do
  • beat
  • screw
  • stiff
  • shake down
  • sucker
  • trick
  • rip off
  • bleed
  • con
  • gaff
  • fiddle
  • shortchange
  • clip
  • skin
  • hose
  • fleece
  • ream
  • deceive
  • swindle
  • exploit
  • take for a ride
  • victimize
  • chisel
  • thimblerig
  • skunk
  • rook
  • defraud
  • take to the cleaners
  • mulct
  • fool
  • euchre
  • diddle
  • cozen
  • bilk
  • flimflam
  • nobble
  • chouse
  • wrench
  • sell a bill of goods to
  • nick
  • betray
  • do in
  • extort
  • milk
  • soak
  • gouge
  • wring
  • overcharge
  • wrest
  • bitch
  • dupe
  • gull
  • rope (in)
  • bamboozle
  • fast-talk
  • double-cross

short

4 of 4

noun

as in feature

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • feature
  • documentary
  • short subject
  • animated cartoon
  • silent
  • film
  • featurette
  • cartoon
  • motion picture
  • movie
  • flick
  • moving picture
  • docudrama
  • picture
  • talkie
  • flicker
  • B picture
  • cofeature
  • B movie

Phrases Containing short

  • fall short
  • the long and short
  • short story
  • sell short
  • in short order
  • the long and the short
  • in short
  • fall short
  • the long and short
  • short story
  • sell short
  • in short order
  • the long and the short
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