short

常見例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語: ～+ n.

• It will be a saving to take a short cut.
  走捷徑能節(jié)省時間。
• His doctor suggested that he take a short leave of absence.
  他的醫(yī)生建議他請假短時期休息休息。
• I never knew who could do so much in such a short time.
  我從未見過有人能在這樣短的時間內(nèi)做這么多的工作。
• She managed to pack a lot of sightseeing into the short period of time she had in London.
  她在倫敦逗留的短短一段時間中,緊湊地安排了一連串的觀光活動。
• She worked the whole day with only a short interval at noon.
  她整天工作,僅僅在中午休息一會兒。
• He has a long trunk with short legs.
  他上身長而下身短。
• Short hair is cool in summer.
  短發(fā)在夏季很酷。
• A straight line is the shortest distance between two points.
  直線是兩點之間最短的距離。
• She likes to cast her ideas in short sentences.
  她喜歡用短句表達自己的思想。
• He drew up a long list of good short stories.
  他列出很多篇好的短篇小說。
• He gave her a short answer.
  他給了她一個簡短而生硬的回答。
• Tell them they must make the food last.We'll all be on short commons if the supply ship doesn't get through on time.
  告訴他們必須使食物多維持些時間。如果供應(yīng)船不能按時來到,我們都要挨餓。
• The soldiers complained that they got short rations.
  士兵們抱怨他們得到的配給不夠數(shù)。
• I rarely have short drinks.
  我很少喝烈性酒。
• There is a short vowel in “pull”.
  在pull一詞中有一個短元音。

n. +～

• Our group is two people short.
  我們組還需要兩個人。
• This packet is supposed to contain ten screws, but it's two short.
  這包應(yīng)裝有十個螺絲釘,可是短了兩個。
• The missile landed ten miles short.
  那枚導(dǎo)彈落在離目標10英里的地方。

用作表語: S+be+～

• We should go on to the next item for time is short.
  時間不多了,我們應(yīng)該談下一項內(nèi)容。
• The little boy's attention span was short.
  那個小男孩的注意力持續(xù)時間短。
• Jack is shorter than Tom by a head.
  杰克比湯姆矮一頭。
• His speeches are boring but they have the saving grace of being short.
  他的演講令人厭煩,但具有簡短的特點。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

• NATO is short for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.NATO
  是“北大西洋公約組織”的縮寫。
• This room is too short in relation to its width.
  和它的寬度相比這間屋子顯得太小了。
• He is short on knowledge.
  他知識膚淺。
• He's a nice lad but he's a bit short on brains.
  他是個很好的小伙子,但是有時沒有頭腦。
• The book is rather short on illustrations, but has some useful information.
  這本書插圖較差,但也有一些有用的資料。
• The tired salesman was short with the customers.
  這疲倦的售貨員對顧客態(tài)度粗暴。

用作賓語補足語: S+V+O+～

• You've cut my hair very short.
  你已把我的頭發(fā)剪得很短。

用作副詞 (adv.)

用作狀語

• The shells fell short.
  炮彈沒打中目標。
• The arrow landed short.
  箭未射到目標便落地了。

用作名詞 (n.)

• This accident is due to an electrical short.
  這次事故是由電路短路引起的。
• There are a couple of shorts on before the main film.
  主片開映之前有幾部短片。
• These shorts are too tight for me.
  這條短褲給我穿太緊了。
• The only time Dad shows his knees is on holiday, when he wears shorts instead of his long trousers.
  父親只有在度假時才會露出膝蓋,因為那時他不穿長褲而穿短褲。

更多例句

• I use the short-wave radio to get the latest war news.
  我用短波收音機收聽最新的戰(zhàn)事新聞。
• The letter was short — a simple recitation of their problem.
  信寫得很短——只是簡單地說了一下他們的問題。
• There was a net outflow of about ￡50m in short-term capital.
  短期資金凈流出額大約為5,000萬英鎊。
• a short balding man with glasses
  戴眼鏡的有些禿頂?shù)男€子男人
• a short, plump woman
  一個矮胖的女人
• You can take a short cut across the field.
  你可以抄近道從田里穿過去。
• The judge granted us a short adjournment.
  法官允許我們暫時休庭.
• He was a short and round man.
  他是個矮胖的男人.
• My name is Alexander, Al for short.
  我叫亞歷山大, 簡稱亞爾.
• United looked woefully short of menace in attack.
  聯(lián)隊的進攻看上去一點威脅也沒有.
• The little dog jumped over the short stool.
  小狗跳過了這條小凳子.
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers.
  英國皇家空軍仍未脫離極為缺乏轟炸機的危境.
• Part of the secretary's job is to write short reports for the director.
  秘書的工作內(nèi)容之一是為主任寫簡短的報告.
• The book has been developed from a short story.
  這本書由一篇短篇小說擴展而成.
• John made a big stink about being accidentally short changed.
  售貨員無意中少找了錢,約翰就大叫大嚷起來.
• I'm afraid I must break this conversation short. I have to go now.
  恐怕這次談話只能到此為止, 現(xiàn)在我得走了.
• When a fast ball lands short of you, you have to play back.
  當(dāng)一個快球靠近你著地時, 你得后退一步擊球.
• I'm getting short of money. I have to draw in my expenditure.
  我缺錢, 得節(jié)省開支.
• He came short of our expectation.
  他使我們失望.
• The new play is short on humour and long on message.
  那個新劇缺少幽默感,但寓意深遠.
• The long and the short of what I have said is these.
  我所說的歸納起來就是這些.
• The president was asked to give a short talk on his visit to the United States.
  校長應(yīng)邀簡短談?wù)勗L美情況.
• His book originated from a short story.
  他的書是根據(jù)一個短篇小說撰寫的.
• The meeting was cut short when the chairman fell ill.
  主席一生病,會議就中斷了.
• We still fall far short of what the Party expects of us.
  我們離黨的要求還差得遠.
• These goods are in short supply.
  這些貨物供應(yīng)緊張.
• The sheep had cropped the grass short.
  羊把草吃剩得很短.
• The shopkeeper was fined for giving short weight [ measure ] .
  那店主因賣東西 短斤缺兩 而受罰.
• I feel keenly that my ability falls short of my wishes.
  我深感力不從心.
• In winter the days are short and the nights long.
  冬天晝短夜長.
• He'sthe shortest of four brothers.
  他是四兄弟中個子最矮的。
• The shorter children are to sit at the front.
  個子矮的孩子坐在前邊.
• The short oaks bristled like metal pillars.
  矮矮的櫟樹豎立著,如同一根根鐵柱子.
• He crossed the lawn and hurdled the short fence.
  他跑過草地，跳過低矮的柵欄。
• The tall one's Sam and the short one's Mike.
  高的那個是薩姆,矮的那個是邁克.
• Voice Two : " I made you short? "
  聲音 二: “ 我把你變矮的 嗎 ? ”
• For a short person to be a good basketball player would not always be wishful thinking.
  個子矮的人,要想籃球打得好,未必是空想.
• At the last moment, a short man appeared out of nowhere to win the race.
  最后時刻突然出現(xiàn)一個個子很矮的人贏得了比賽的勝利.
• Oath and commitment over the short wall hot, cold follow.
  誓言與承諾,翻過矮矮的墻,踩過滾燙, 踏著冰涼.
• One day a short man saw a tall man on a bridge.
  有一天一個矮的人在一座橋上看見一個高的人.
• It's best a companion domestic cockatoo no higher than the height of the shortest person.
  同伴國內(nèi)鸚鵡最好的居住處應(yīng)不高于比它矮的人的高度.
• Color the tall tree green and color the short one yellow.
  把高的樹涂成綠色,把矮的樹涂成黃色.
• At only six feet tall, Allen Iverson is one of the shortest players in the NBA.
  艾倫·艾佛遜的身高只有六尺, 是NBA美國 職籃最矮的球員之一.
• The method of the invention is applied to planting the short plants with thin main stalks.
  本發(fā)明的方法適用于種植主莖細,植株矮的植物.
• In front of the house is a circular short hedge, which looks very appealing.
  這座房子的前面有一圈低矮的籬笆, 看起來別有情趣.
• Mocky was the shortest.
  摩克是最矮的.
• He is the shortest man on the team, but he is the fastest.
  他是隊里最矮的隊員, 可他速度最快.
• " What can we do? " asked the short man. " Let's climb this tree, "
  “ 我們能做 什么 ? ” 矮的人問. “ 讓我們爬這棵樹, ”
• And even short kids will be able to slam dunk!
  就連個子矮的孩子都能灌籃!
• Who was the shortest?
  誰是最矮的?
• Discharge advanced row, short put back row completely instead?
  都排在前列, 矮的反而全放到后排去了?
• Shorter men often express themselves more intensely than those of normal height.
  較矮的男人通常比正常身高的男人更強烈地表現(xiàn)自我.
• AP The shortest guy on the court grabbed the reboundthe floor once, and took off.
  場上最矮的家伙得到了籃板,觀察場上形式, 然后——啟動.
• He Pingping the world's shortest man has passed away in a hospital in Rome.
  何坪坪,世界上最矮的人,已經(jīng)在羅馬的一家醫(yī)院去世.
• Shorter hemlines are back in this season.
  本季又重新時興較短的衣裙。
• A cover letter should never exceed one page; often a far shorter letter will suffice.
  附信不應(yīng)超過一頁，通常來說，一封相對非常簡短的信就足夠了。
• They've come a long way in a short space of time.
  他們在很短的時間之內(nèi)就大老遠地趕了過來。
• It's the shortest election campaign on record.
  這是史上為期最短的一次競選活動。
• There's no one available at such short notice to take her class.
  只提前這么短的時間通知，找不到人替她的課。
• A short flight of steps led to a grand doorway.
  一段短短的臺階通向一個氣派的大門口。
• How could you do it in such a short period of time?
  你是怎么在如此短的時間里做到的？
• Within a short space of time a group of complete unknowns had established a wholly original form of humour.
  在很短的一段時間內(nèi)，一群完全籍籍無名之輩創(chuàng)立了一種全新的幽默形式。
• She penned a short memo to his private secretary.
  她給他的私人秘書寫了一份簡短的備忘錄。
• I have never seen such a seismic shift in public opinion in such a short period of time.
  我從未見過公眾輿論在如此短的時間內(nèi)發(fā)生如此巨大的轉(zhuǎn)變。
• Today's slightly shorter race could well help to tip the scales in his favour.
  今天距離稍短的賽跑可能會對他占據(jù)優(yōu)勢大有助益。
• It has a short stumpy tail covered with bristles.
  它粗短的尾巴上鬃毛濃密。
• I offered up a short prayer for forgiveness.
  我做了個簡短的禱告，祈求寬恕。
• A straight line is the shortest distance between two points.
  直線是兩點之間最短的距離.
• Part of the secretary's job is to write short reports for the director.
  秘書的工作內(nèi)容之一是為主任寫簡短的報告.
• The opera was preceded by a short overture.
  這部歌劇開始前有一段簡短的序曲.
• In speaking English do not swallow a single syllable , however short it may be.
  講英語時,哪怕是再短的音節(jié)也不能吞掉.
• The man went from rags to riches in a short period of about five years.
  在短短的大約5年時間內(nèi),那個人就由貧致富.
• The relatively short [ A ] of mat and the relatively long [ A ] of mad are allophones.
  單詞mat中較短的 [ A ] 和 單詞 mad中較長的A是音素的變形.
• If the sky is cloudy the duration of the real twilight is of course considerably shorter.
  如果天空多云,那么實際的晨昏蒙影時間是相當(dāng)短的了.
• I mean, girls went around in really short skirts, and wore flowers in their hair.
  我是說，姑娘們穿著非常短的短裙走來走去，頭上還戴著花。
• He's got shore , brown wavy hair with blue eyes and a short beard.
  他一頭短短的棕色卷發(fā)和藍色的眼睛,留著短胡須.
• I am hoping to write a short biography on them both.
  我希望給他們兩個人寫個簡短的傳記.
• Drag or slide cylinders, even for short distances.
  拉拽或滑動鋼瓶, 即使是很短的距離.
• The opera was preceded by a short sinfonia.
  歌劇開始前有一簡短的序曲.
• A shortcut is the shortest distance between two points.
  捷徑是兩點之間最短的距離.
• Many city schools wanted a shorter year and a longer summer break.
  許多城市學(xué)校希望有一個短的學(xué)年和一個長的假期.
• The thermal desorption modulator is a short, heated section at the head of the capillary column.
  熱解吸調(diào)制器是在毛細管柱前端的一段短的加熱段.
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