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S0362100 (shôrt)adj. short·er, short·est 1. Having little length; not long.2. Having little height; not tall.3. Extending or traveling not far or not far enough: a short toss.4. a. Lasting a brief time: a short holiday.b. Appearing to pass quickly: finished the job in a few short months.5. Not lengthy; succinct: short and to the point.6. a. Rudely brief; abrupt: The owner was quite short with the new hire.b. Easily provoked; irascible: has a short temper.7. Inadequate; insufficient: oil in short supply; were short on experience.8. Lacking in length or amount: a board that is short two inches.9. Lacking in breadth or scope: a short view of the problem.10. Deficient in retentiveness: a short memory.11. a. Holding a trading position that is inversely related to the price of a security or index: short investors; an investor who is short gold.b. Of or relating to a short sale: a short position.12. a. Containing a large amount of shortening; flaky: a short pie crust.b. Not ductile; brittle: short iron.13. a. Linguistics Of, relating to, or being a speech sound of relatively brief duration, as the first vowel sound in the Latin word mălus, "evil," as compared with the same or a similar sound of relatively long duration, as the first vowel sound in the Latin word mālus, "apple tree."b. Grammar Of, relating to, or being a vowel sound in English, such as the vowel sound (ă) in pat or (o͝o) in put, that is descended from a vowel of brief duration.14. Being of relatively brief duration. Used of a syllable in quantitative prosody.15. Slang Close to the end of a tour of military duty.adv. shorter, shortest 1. Abruptly; quickly: stop short.2. In a rude or curt manner.3. At a point before a given boundary, limit, or goal: a missile that landed short of the target.4. At a disadvantage: We were caught short by the sudden storm.5. By means of a short sale: selling a commodity short.n.1. Something short, as:a. Linguistics A short syllable, vowel, or consonant.b. A brief film; a short subject.c. A size of clothing less long than the average for that size.d. shorts Short pants extending to the knee or above.e. shorts Undershorts.2. a. A short sale.b. One that sells short.3. shorts A byproduct of wheat processing that consists of germ, bran, and coarse meal or flour.4. shorts Clippings or trimmings that remain as byproducts in various manufacturing processes, often used to make an inferior variety of the product.5. a. A short circuit.b. A malfunction caused by a short circuit.6. Baseball A shortstop.v. short·ed, short·ing, shorts v.tr.1. To cause a short circuit in.2. Informal To give (one) less than one is entitled to; shortchange.3. To short-sell (a security or index).v.intr. To short-circuit.Idioms: for short As an abbreviation: He's called Ed for short. in short In summary; briefly. short for An abbreviation of: Ed is short for Edward. short of1. Having an inadequate supply of: We're short of cash.2. Less than: Nothing short of her best effort was required to make the team.3. Other than; without resorting to: Short of yelling at him, I had no other way to catch his attention.4. Not quite willing to undertake or do; just this side of: She stopped short of throwing out the old photo. the short end of the stick The worst side of an unequal deal.

[Middle English, from Old English sceort, scort; see sker- in Indo-European roots.]

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for short - as an abbreviation; "call me Bob for short"

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(ʃoːt) adjective1. not long. You look nice with your hair short; Do you think my dress is too short?短的2. not tall; smaller than usual. a short man.矮的3. not lasting long; brief. a short film; in a very short time; I've a very short memory for details.短暂的4. not as much as it should be. When I checked my change, I found it was 20 cents short.短少的5. (with of) not having enough (money etc). Most of us are short of money these days.缺少的6. (of pastry) made so that it is crisp and crumbles easily. 脆的 adverb1. suddenly; abruptly. He stopped short when he saw me. 突然，急忙 2. not as far as intended. The shot fell short.达不到预想程度地ˈshortness noun 短，矮 ˈshortage (-tidʒ) noun a lack; the state of not having enough. a shortage of water.缺少ˈshorten verb to make or become shorter. The dress is too long – we'll have to shorten it. 弄短，缩短 ˈshortening noun (especially American) the fat used for making pastry. 食用油脂（酥油/雪白奶油） ˈshortly adverb soon. He will be here shortly; Shortly after that, the police arrived. 不久，即刻 shorts noun plural short trousers for men or women. 短裤ˈshortbread noun a kind of crisp, crumbling biscuit. 奶油脆饼ˌshort-ˈchange verb to cheat (a buyer) by giving him too little change. 故意少找给顾客零头short circuit the missing out by an electric current of a part of an electrical circuit (verb ˌshort-ˈcircuit) 短路ˈshortcoming noun a fault. 缺点ˈshortcut noun a quicker way between two places. I'm in a hurry – I'll take a shortcut across the field. 近路，捷径 ˈshorthand noun a method of writing rapidly, using strokes, dots etc to represent sounds. 速记ˌshort-ˈhanded adjective having fewer workers than are necessary or usual. 缺乏人��的 ˈshort-list noun a list of candidates selected from the total number of applicants for a job etc. 决选名单 verb to put on a short-list. We've short-listed three of the twenty applicants.列入决选名单ˌshort-ˈlived (-ˈlivd) , ((American) -ˈlaivd) adjective living or lasting only for a short time. short-lived insects; short-lived enthusiasm.短命的ˌshort-ˈrange adjective1. not reaching a long distance. short-range missiles.短程的2. not covering a long time. a short-range weather forecast.近期的ˌshort-ˈsighted adjective seeing clearly only things that are near. I don't recognize people at a distance because I'm short-sighted. 近视的，目光短浅的 ˌshort-ˈsightedly adverb 近视地，目光短浅地 ˌshort-ˈsightedness noun 近视，目光短浅 ˌshort-ˈtempered adjective easily made angry. My husband is very short-tempered in the mornings. 脾气坏的，易怒的 ˌshort-ˈterm adjective1. concerned only with the near future. short-term plans.短期的2. lasting only a short time. a short-term loan.短期延续的by a short head by a very small amount. to win by a short head.小胜for short as an abbreviation. His name is Victor, but we call him Vic for short. 简称（或简写）为... go short to cause oneself not to have enough of something. Save this carton for tomorrow, or else we'll go short (of milk).缺少in short in a few words. 简而言之，总之 in short supply not available in sufficient quantity. Fresh vegetables are in short supply.供应不足make short work of to dispose of very quickly. The children made short work of the ice-cream.迅速处置某事run short1. (of a supply) to become insufficient. Our money is running short. 快用完了，不够 2. (with of) not to have enough. We're running short of money.缺少short and sweetHis reply was short and sweet: `Get out!' he shouted.简短扼要short for an abbreviation of. `Phone' is short for `telephone'; What is `Ltd.' short for? 是…的缩写，简写 short of not as far as or as much as. Our total came to just short of $1,000; We stopped five miles short of London. 缺少，差一点

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