形 （空间、时间两端之间的距离小） short，brief；动 （缺少； 欠） lack，owe；名 weak point，fault，a surname ；

[例句] 这条裙子会使我的腿看上去又短又粗吗？ Does this dress make my legs look too stumpy?

[例句] 信写得很短——只是简单地说了一下他们的问题。 The letter was short — a simple recitation of their problem.

of short duration，momentary，transient，brief，brevity ；

[例句] 这些公司需要短暂休整才能恢复元气。 Firms need a breathing space if they are to recover.

[例句] 国王说现在有寻求和平的短暂机会。 The king said there was now a window of opportunity for peace.

[电] short，short circuit，cutting-out，direct short ；

[例句] 他一时思维短路，然后又重新想了起来。 He lost his train of thought for a moment, then recovered it.

[例句] 墙上插座的电线短路烧断了保险丝，电灯跟着灭了。 The wire snapped at the wall plug and the light fused.

shorten，curtail，cut down，cut，abbreviate ；

[例句] 自动化会使工作周缩短，也更为灵活。 Automation would bring a shorter, more flexible working week.

[例句] 他将世界纪录缩短了10秒。 He has knocked 10 seconds off the world record.

die young，be short-lived，ephemerality ；

[例句] 在无胚乳的种子中, 胚乳是 短命 的. In exalbuminous seeds, the endosperm is short - lived.

[例句] 你们的结合通常深厚刺激但却很短命. This union is usually hot , heavy and short lived.

of very short duration，very brief，pressed for time，short，briefness ；

[例句] 电话线那头噼里啪啦地传来警察局长短促的声音。 The Chief Constable's clipped tones crackled over the telephone line.

[例句] 他快速、短促地呼吸着。 He was breathing, quickly and shallowly.

[数] minor axis，brachyaxis，[晶] brachydiagonal ；

[例句] 传动轴,驱动''.'半'.''轴从马达传送动作给''.'机器'. ''的短轴, 尤指汽车. A short shaft that transmits motion from a motor to a machine, especially in an automobile.

[例句] 扁圆的,椭圆的绕其短轴旋转椭圆而得到的球形的. Having the shape of a spheroid generated by rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis.

shortcoming，failing，fault，weak point，demerit ；

[例句] 人各有长处和短处. Every man has his strong and weak points.

[例句] 人皆有短处. We all have some shortcomings.

[电] stub ；

[例句] 目前资金介入迹象比较明显, 短线 可重点关注. At present, more obvious signs of financial intervention, to focus on short - term .

[例句] 江恩 短线 精灵两次对该股发出入场信号. Gann wizard short - term stock issued by the admission of two signals.

brief，short，brevity，laconicism，laconism ；

[例句] 她给他的私人秘书写了一份简短的备忘录。 She penned a short memo to his private secretary.

[例句] 这些简短而翔实的报告是他的最爱。 The short, meaty reports are those he likes best.

dirk，dagger，half-sword，creese，cris ；

[例句] 这种声音像所有的音乐一样，如短剑般直刺我心。 This sound, like all music, pierced my heart like a dagger.

[例句] 他用短剑刀口迅速将锁撬开. He snapped the little lock with the blade of his stiletto.

socks，anklet，ankle socks，bobby sox，bobbysocks ；

[例句] 一双短袜 a pair of socks

[例句] 蓝衣服和 红褐色 短袜! 他又搞错了. Blue suit and reddish - brown socks! He had fouled up again.

[体] dash，sprint ；

[例句] 罗布·哈梅林在波尔多获得短跑冠军。 Rob Harmeling won the sprint in Bordeaux.

[例句] 查理·纳尔逊已经培养出了相当优秀的短跑选手。 Charlie Nelson has nurtured fine sprinters.

short time，little ；

short and small，short，small，shortness ；

[例句] 他是个短小精干的爱尔兰人, 非常自负, 丑得象只猴子. He was a dapper little Irishman, very vain, homely as a monkey.

[例句] 这位身材短小, 面孔粗犷的财产保卫部部长在对面一张椅子上坐了下来. The short, craggy Property Protection chief settled down in a facing chair.

shorts，breeches，knickers，panties，pants ；

[例句] 他穿着短裤，露出自己强壮多毛的长腿。 He was wearing shorts which showed his long, muscular, hairy legs.

[例句] 小个子男人脏乎乎的短裤口袋里鼓鼓的，伸出来个什么东西。 Something was sticking from the pocket of the little man's grimy shorts.

bob，shingle，bingle，crop ；

[例句] 人们还留着短发、穿着传统服饰。 People still wore their hair short and dressed conventionally.

[例句] 她的短发顶心乱糟糟的，周围一圈却很平整，十分怪异。 Her short hair was oddly ruffled and then flattened around her head.

[语] （词组） phrase ；

[例句] 她的英语语法上没错，但是里面夹杂着很多法语短语。 While her English was correct, it was peppered with French phrases.

[例句] 这个短语被采用后很快就流行了. The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.

deficient，short，missing，lack ；

[例句] 重量短少五十公克. The weight is 50 grams short.

[例句] 资金的需要额数还短少一百英镑. The fund wants a hundred pounds of the sum needed.

short column，stump，strut，puncheon ；

[例句] 冠柱状雪花:这些晶体首先长成短柱形. Capped column snowflake ^ These crystals first grow into stubby columns.

[例句] 研究了钢骨超高强混凝土框架短柱的抗剪承载力. The test research of shear strength of steel reinforced super - high - strength concrete short columns is carried out.