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  • be caught (或英
    be put at a disadvantage 被置于不利地位
  • a brick short of a load, two sandwiches short of a
    (informal)(of a person) stupid; crazy (非正式)(指人)愚蠢的
  • bring (或 pull) someone up short
    make someone check or pause abruptly 使突然受阻(或中断)
  • come short
    fail to reach a goal or standard 未达到目标(或标准)
  • get (或 have) someone by the short and curlies (或 s
    (informal)have complete control of a person (非正式)完全控制某人
  • go short
    not have enough of something, especially food (尤指食物)短缺
  • in short order
    (chiefly US)immediately; rapidly (主美)立刻;迅速
  • in the short run
    in the near future 在不远的将来
  • in short supply
    scarce 缺少
  • in the short term
    in the near future 在不远的将来
  • little (或nothing) short of
    almost (or equal to); little (or nothing) less than 差不多;等于;一点也不少于
  • make short work of
    accomplish, consume, or destroy quickly 快速实现(或消费、毁坏)
  • short and sweet
    brief and pleasant 短暂愉快的
  • short of breath
    panting; short-winded 呼吸短促的;气喘的
英语四级真题
  • Team-building skills are in short supply: Deloitte reports that only 12% of the executives they contacted feel they understand the way people work together in networks and only 21% feel confident in their ability to build cross-functional teams.
    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • Highly superior autobiographical memory' ( ' , or HSAM for short), first came to light in the early 2000s, with a young woman named Jill Price.
    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • I mean, girls went around in really short skirts, and wore flowers in their hair.
    出自-2017年6月听力原文
  • Anxiety and depression more often than not cut short one's life span.
    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • And the rises were short-lived: prices typically returned to normal with the next harvest.
    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Even those short of time or money should be encouraged to cook for themselves and their family.
    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • "highly superior autobiographical memory" or HSAM for short, first came to light in the early 2000s, with a young woman named jill Price.
    2017年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • But in his lifetime, Careme, ever confident, could see beyond his short domination in the kitchen.
    2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
  • But in his short lifetime, which ended exactly 184 years ago today, he would forever revolutionize French gourmet food (美食), write best-selling cook books and think up magical dishes for royals and other important people.
    2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
  • Francesca Haass, a senior at middlebury, says, "I find the in-class ones are more stressful in the short term, but there is immediate relief as you swallow information like mad, and then you get to forget it all."
    2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • I thought I'd like to be a policewoman but they turned me down, because I was too short.
    2015年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
  • Research now shows that regular quizzes, short essays, and other assignments over the course of a term better enhance learning and retention.
    2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • So in short, if you like sunny but not too hot summers, mild winters but with lots of cloudy days, Seattle's the place to be.
    2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
  • Some raised more than twice their goals, but others have fallen short of reaching even modest targets.
    2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
  • Team-building skills are in short supply: Deloitte reports that only 12% of the executives they contacted feel they understand the way people work together in networks and only 21% feel confident in their ability to build cross functional teams.
    2017年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • The man who conceives Songdo feels disappointed because it has fallen short of his expectations.
    2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
英语六级真题
  • While many birds travelled along well-known routes to warmer climates, others stopped short and spent the winter on landfills, feeding on food waste, and the multitudes of insects that thrive on the dumps.
    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • In the short-term, the birds seem to benefit from overwintering ( ' , 过冬) on rubbish dumps.
    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year, found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable in the short term, but certainly brings long-term rewards.
    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • That falls far short of the billions of dollars people once expected it to generate.
    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Working parents say they feel stressed, tired, rushed and short on quality time with their children, friends and partners.
    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • Articles were to be short, readable and uplifting.
    2018年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
  • In a few short years, he turned the magazine on its head.
    2018年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
  • In short, success in creating AI could be the biggest event in the history of our civilisation.
    2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
  • Internal recovery refers to the shorter periods of relaxation that take place within the frames of the work day or the work setting in the form of short scheduled or unscheduled breaks, by shifting at physical resources required for the initial task are t
    2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • Perhaps one explanation for her mistakes is that she cut short her Suriname trip after getting bick, and completed the book at home in Amsterdam.
    2018年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
  • The millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year, found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable
    2016年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • The same held true for people who used products that implied they were short on time.
    2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • The same held true for people who used products that implied they were short on time: In one experiment, for example, customers of the grocery-delivery service Peapod were seen as of higher status than people who shopped at grocery stores that were equall
    2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
  • They just ask for one questionnaire to be sent out, for example, so the time you spend on an ad-hoc project tends to be fairly short.
    2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A
  • When tim Joseph started his business, he found grass-fed products fell short of demand.
    2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • You are going to give a short speech of thanks for the speaker this evening, aren't you, Bill?
    2017年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
英汉词典释义
英英词典释义
  • Noun
    1. the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
    2. accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
    3. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between 2nd and 3rd base
  • Verb
    1. cheat someone by not returning him enough money
    2. create a short-circuit in
  • Adjective
    1. primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration;
    "a short life""a short flight""a short holiday""a short story""only a few short months"
    2. primarily spatial sense; having little length or lacking in length;
    "short skirts""short hair""the board was a foot short""a short toss"
    3. low in stature; not tall;
    "his was short and stocky""short in stature""a short smokestack"
    4. not sufficient to meet a need;
    "an inadequate income""a poor salary""money is short""on short rations""food is in short supply""short on experience"
    5. not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices;
    "a short sale""short in cotton"
    6. of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively short duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt')
    7. containing a large amount of shortening; therefore tender and easy to crumble or break into flakes;
    "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie""a short flaky pie crust"
    8. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so;
    "a light pound""a scant cup of sugar""regularly gives short weight"
    9. used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration
    10. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range;
    "a short memory"
    11. lacking foresight or scope;
    "a short view of the problem""shortsighted policies""shortsighted critics derided the plan""myopic thinking"
    12. unwilling to endure;
    "she was short with the slower students"
    13. quickly aroused to anger;
    "a hotheaded commander"
    14. most direct;
    "took the shortest and most direct route to town"
    15. marked by rude or peremptory shortness;
    "try to cultivate a less brusque manner""a curt reply""the salesgirl was very short with him"
  • Adverb
    1. quickly and without warning;
    "he stopped suddenly"
    2. without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold;
    "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"
    3. clean across;
    "the car's axle snapped short"
    4. at some point or distance before a goal is reached;
    "he fell short of our expectations"
    5. so as to interrupt;
    "She took him up short before he could continue"
    6. at a disadvantage;
    "I was caught short"
    7. tightly;
    "she caught him up short on his lapel"
    8. in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner;
    "he told me curtly to get on with it""he talked short with everyone""he said shortly that he didn't like it"
行业词典
  • 体育: 短击;短球;短打法;矮个子运动员;游击手;
    土木工程: 短期刚度;short-term stiffness;
    大气科学: 短期[天气]预报;short-range [wea-ther] forecast 未来1—3天内的天气预报。;
    法律: 短缺;买空;
    物理学: 短程序;short-range order, SRO;短程密度;short-range density;短程力;short-range force;
    电力: 短路导纳矩阵;short-circuit admittance matrix;短枪冲洗工具;short-gun washed tool;股线间短路;short-circuit between strands;短路比;short-circuit ratio;短路电流计算;short-circuit current calculation;短路容量;short-circuit capacity;短路功率;short-circuit power;短路开关;short-circuit ;