释义
[ shawr -tish ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈʃɔr tɪʃ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
Origin of shortish First recorded in 1790–1800; short + -ish1
Words nearby shortish short-horned grasshopper, short hundredweight, shortie, short interest, short iron, shortish , short jenny, short-laid, shortleaf pine, short leg, short line
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Example sentences from the Web for shortish He was a shortish man of about fifty, with a paunch, but not otherwise fat; dressed like a sportsman.
The Lion's Share | E. Arnold Bennett
The well-known "producer" was a shortish man with a bald head, a red moustache, and fiery eyes.
A Young Man's Year | Anthony Hope
The maître d' turned out to be a shortish , heavy-set man with large blue eyes, a silver mane and a thin, pencil-line mustache.
Out Like a Light | Gordon Randall Garrett
She was a shortish , stout, upright little woman, who used a large fan and spoke with an accent strange to the Midlands.
The Revolution in Tanner's Lane | Mark Rutherford
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