Short

(noun.) the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed.

(adj.) tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; 'shortbread is a short crumbly cookie'; 'a short flaky pie crust' .

(adj.) (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; 'short skirts'; 'short hair'; 'the board was a foot short'; 'a short toss' .

(adj.) primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; 'a short life'; 'a short flight'; 'a short holiday'; 'a short story'; 'only a few short months' .

(adj.) of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; 'the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short' .

(adj.) not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; 'a short sale'; 'short in cotton' .

(adj.) lacking foresight or scope; 'a short view of the problem'; 'shortsighted policies'; 'shortsighted critics derided the plan'; 'myopic thinking' .

(adj.) low in stature; not tall; 'he was short and stocky'; 'short in stature'; 'a short smokestack'; 'a little man' .

(adv.) at a disadvantage; 'I was caught short'.

(adv.) so as to interrupt; 'She took him up short before he could continue'.

(adv.) at some point or distance before a goal is reached; 'he fell short of our expectations'.

(adv.) clean across; 'the car's axle snapped short'.

(adv.) without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; 'he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash'.

手打:雷切尔

• They mostly began to reign as old men, and their reigns were short, averaging less than two years each. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• For a short while the world outside of Menlo Park held Edison's claims in derision. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• A short walk brought us to a secluded road fringed with pleasant houses, each standing in its own grounds. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• There was a short silence, during which the two spectators approached the bed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• At length, after a short pause, Miss Crawford began with, So you are to be a clergyman, Mr. Bertram. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• He said as much in our short interview, and I fancy that he meant it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• To grow rich is to get money; and wealth and money, in short, are, in common language, considered as in every respect synonymous. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• If your crop comes shorter into market than any of theirs, you won't lose your bet, I suppose? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• But we shall take a shorter cut through the furze than you can go with long clothes; so we won't trouble you to wait. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• It is much shorter, and probably not quite so exact as that of the French taxes. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Shorter and easier. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Mrs. Murray made it, and it's sure to be right; it may be a straw's breadth shorter or longer-waisted, according to my having grown fat or thin. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• His legs were very robust, but shorter than legs of good proportions should have been. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• In many cases, it is preferable to exert a force of 30 pounds, for example, over the distance _CA_ than a force of 120 pounds over the shorter distance _BA_. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• When you want to comfort a woman by the shortest way, take her on your knee. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• My shortest way lay through the Basse-Ville, and as the night was excessively dark, wild, and wet, I took it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The form of the tubes is an oval, 17 feet in its longest diameter, and 12 feet in its shortest. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Men are unwilling to leave property in suspense, even for the shortest time, or open the least door to violence and disorder. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• What is the best way, Thuvia, the shortest way out of this celestial Hades? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• I'll tell you what education is—To be tumbled out of doors, neck and crop, and put upon the shortest allowance of everything except blows. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• My shortest way home,--and I naturally took the shortest way on such a night--was through St. Martin's Lane. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• It had been his own idea to wear that touch of powder, and I had conceded the powder after overcoming the shorts. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Forced the lock; and a very dusty skeleton in a blue coat, black knee-shorts, and silks, fell forward in the arms of the porter who opened the door. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

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