单词 | short |
释义 | Word Frequency short(ʃɔːt) adjective 1. of little length; not long 2. of little height; not tall 3. of limited duration 4. not meeting a requirement; deficient the number of places laid at the table was short by four 5. (postpositive; often foll by of or on) lacking (in) or needful (of) I'm always short of money 6. concise; succinct 7. lacking in the power of retentiveness a short memory 8. abrupt to the point of rudeness the judge was very short with him 9. finance a. not possessing the securities or commodities that have been sold under contract and therefore obliged to make a purchase before the delivery date b. of or relating to such sales, which depend on falling prices for profit 10. phonetics a. denoting a vowel of relatively brief temporal duration b. classified as short, as distinguished from other vowels. Thus in English (ɪ) in bin, though of longer duration than (iː) in beat, is nevertheless regarded as a short vowel c. (in popular usage) denoting the qualities of the five English vowels represented orthographically inthe words pat, pet, pit, pot, put, and putt 11. prosody a. denoting a vowel that is phonetically short or a syllable containing such a vowel.In classical verse short vowels are followed by one consonant only or sometimes one consonant plus a following l or r b. (of a vowel or syllable in verse that is not quantitative) not carrying emphasis or accent; unstressed 12. (of pastry) crumbly in texture See also shortcrust pastry 13. (of a drink of spirits) undiluted; neat 14. (of betting odds) almost even 15. have someone by the short and curlies 16. in short supply 17. short and sweet 18. short for adverb 19. abruptly to stop short 20. briefly or concisely 21. rudely or curtly 22. finance without possessing the securities or commodities at the time of their contractual sale to sell short 23. caught short 24. fall short 25. go short 26. short of noun 27. anything that is short 28. a drink of spirits as opposed to a long drink such as beer 29. phonetics, prosody a short vowel or syllable 30. finance a. a short contract or sale b. a short seller 31. a short film, usually of a factual nature 32. short circuit (sense 1) 33. for short 34. in short verb 35. short circuit (sense 2) 36. finance to sell (a security, currency, etc that one does have) in the expectation that falling prices will enable one to buy it back at a profit before it has to be delivered Derived forms shortness (ˈshortness) noun Word origin Old English scort; related to Old Norse skortr a lack, skera to cut, Old High German scurz short |
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