单词 | by a short head |
释义 | short /shört/adjective
To short-change transitive verb and intransitive verb
ORIGIN: ME, from OE sc(e)ort; related to OHGer scurz, ON skera to cut shortˈage noun A lack, deficiency shortˈen transitive verb
To become shorter shortˈener noun shortˈening noun
shortˈie or shortˈy noun (informal) A very short person, garment, etc (also adjective) shortˈish adjective shortˈly adverb
shortˈness noun shortˈ-acting adjective (of a drug) having effects that wear off quickly shortˈarm adjective (boxing, etc; of a blow) Using a bent (rather than extended) arm shortˈarse noun (derog sl) A small person shortˈbread noun A brittle crumbling biscuit of flour, butter and sugar shortˈcake noun
short-changeˈ transitive verb
adjective Relating to cheating short-chanˈger noun short circuit noun
short-cirˈcuit transitive verb
intransitive verb
short clothes or short coats plural noun Formerly, the shortened skirts of a child when the first long clothes are left off shortˈ-coat transitive verb (old) To put into short coats shortˈcoming noun
short commons plural noun Minimum rations shortˈ-cord adjective (elec eng) (of an armature winding) employing coils whose span is less than the pole pitch short corner noun (hockey) Same as penalty corner (see under penalty) short covering noun (stock exchange)
shortˈcrust adjective (of pastry) short short cut noun A shorter route than the usual (also figurative) shortˈ-cut intransitive verb To use a shorter route (also figurative) adjective and noun (denoting) tobacco cut in short shreds shortˈ-dāted adjective
short-day plant noun (botany) One that will flower only if the daily period of light is shorter than some critical length (cf day-neutral plant, long-day plant) short division noun Division without writing down the working out shortˈfall noun The fact or amount of falling short short fuse noun (informal) A quick temper short game noun (golf) Play on and around the green(s) shortˈgown noun (old Scot) A woman's short jacket shortˈhand noun
adjective Relating to or written in shorthand short-handˈed adjective
shortˈ-haul adjective Involving transportation, etc, over (relatively) short distances shortˈ-head transitive verb (informal) To beat by a short head (see also below) shortˈhold adjective (law) In England and Wales, of or being a tenancy of only a few (orig between one and five) years shortˈhorn noun Any of the various types of beef and dairy cattle developed from a short-horned breed originating in NE England, usu having a red and white, roan or white coat (also called Durham) short hundredweight see hundredweight under hundred short iron noun (golf) An iron club used to play shots from close to the green short leg noun (cricket) A fielder, or a fielding position, very near (and in line with) the batsman on the legside shortˈ-life adjective Having a short duration, existence, etc shortˈlist noun (see also leet3) a list of the most suitable candidates for an office, post, etc, from which the successful candidate will be selected transitive verb To include (someone) in a shortlist shortˈ-lived (or /-līvd/) adjective Living or lasting only for a short time short measure noun Less than the amount promised or paid for short metre noun (poetry) A form of four-line stanza of which the first, second and last lines have six syllables and the third line eight short odds plural noun (in betting) a nearly even chance, favourable odds in terms of risk, unfavourable in terms of potential gain short-oil see oil length under oil short order noun (N American) (an order for) food that can be prepared quickly shortˈ-order adjective shortˈ-priced adjective Having short odds shortˈ-range adjective Of or relating to a short distance or period of time short rib noun A floating rib short sale noun A sale of something which the seller does not yet own short score noun A musical score with some of the parts omitted short sea noun (nautical) One in which the distance between the wave crests is comparatively short short selling see sell short under sell1 short sharp shock noun A brief severe regime imposed by a prison or detention centre, esp on young offenders short sheep noun Short-woolled sheep short shrift see under shrift short-sightˈed adjective
short-sightˈedly adverb short-sightˈedness noun short-spōˈken adjective Curt in speech short-staffedˈ adjective Having a reduced or inadequate number of staff short-stāˈple adjective (of wool, cotton, etc fibre) short shortˈstop noun (baseball) The fielding position (or the defending player positioned) between the second and third base short story noun A work of prose narrative shorter than a novel and usu concentrating on a single episode or experience and its effect short subject noun (chiefly US) A short film shown before the main film in a cinema shortˈsword noun A sword with a short blade short-temˈpered adjective Easily moved to anger, quick-tempered short tennis noun A form of tennis for children, using a smaller court and modified equipment and rules shortˈ-term adjective
short-termˈism noun (a tendency towards) the adopting of only short-term views, solutions to problems, etc short-termˈist noun and adjective short-term memory noun (psychology) A section of the memory with limited capacity, capable of storing information for a short time only short time noun (the condition of) working fewer than the normal number of hours per week shortˈ-time adjective short ton see ton1 shortˈ-track (skating or speedskating) noun Speedskating in which contestants race in packs around a 111.12-metre track, over any of several distances between 500m and 5000m short wave noun A radio wave with a frequency of between 10m and 100m shortˈ-wave adjective short-windˈed adjective Quickly becoming breathless by a short head
caught short (informal) Having a sudden, uncontrollable need to urinate or defecate cut short see under cut draw the short straw To be given an unpleasant task, duty, etc, or the most unpleasant of several fall short see under fall1 for short As an abbreviation go short (informal) To have an insufficient amount (esp of money or food) have someone by the short and curlies (vulgar slang) To have someone over a barrel, at one's mercy, in a position difficult to wriggle out of in short In a few words, briefly in short supply Not available in desired quantity, scarce in the short run Over a brief period of time make short work of To settle or dispose of promptly run short see under run short and sweet
short for A shortened form of short of
short on (informal) Deficient in stop short To come to a sudden standstill taken short same as caught short above. take (or take up) short
the short and the long (of it) (Shakespeare) Same as the long and the short (see under long1) |
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