| 单词 | shortness |
| 释义 | shortness (once / 3767 pages) n 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 EXAMPLESNinety days after diagnosis, 51 percent reported fatigue, 32 percent cough, and 28 percent shortness of breath. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) No cough, no chest pain, no weight loss, no shortness of breath. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) Those symptoms include fever, sore throat, cough, and shortness of breath. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n the property of being truncated or short Syn|Hyper truncation lowness the quality of being low; lacking height 2n the property of being of short spatial extent the shortness of the Channel crossing Ant|Hyper longness the property of being of long spatial extent length the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place 3n the property of being of short temporal extent the shortness of air travel time Ant|Hypo|Hyper longness duration as an extension curtailment the temporal property of being cut short briefnessthe temporal property of being very short duration, length continuance in time 4n the condition of being short of something there was no shortness of money can cause shortness of breath Hyper deficiency, lack, want the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable 5n the property of being shorter than average stature Ant|Hyper tallness the property of being taller than average stature height, stature (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot 6n an abrupt discourteous manner Syn|Hyper abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness discourtesy, rudeness a manner that is rude and insulting |
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