单词 | shortish |
释义 | shortish (once / 76749 pages) adj WORD FAMILY short: shorted, shorten, shorter, shortest, shorting, shortish, shortly, shortness, shorts+/foreshorten: foreshortened, foreshortening, foreshortens/shorten: foreshorten, shortened, shortener, shortening, shortens/shortener: shorteners/shortening: shortenings USAGE EXAMPLESSome women seeking entry in shortish skirts reported being examined scrupulously, with some female guards tugging at their hemlines. New York Times(Dec 14, 2016) It tells not one long story but nine shortish tales, each about a different man. The New Yorker(Oct 03, 2016) The dozens of short or shortish videos in this excellent early-career survey manage to be unnervingly funny, pathetically gross and politically razor-sharp. New York Times(Sep 15, 2016) adj somewhat short Syn short (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length |
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