【short音标】 英[ʃɔ:t] 美[ʃɔ:rt]
【单词释义】 short是什么意思：
adj.短的，短暂的；矮的；短缺的；短期的
adv.突然；唐突地；简短地；横贯地
n.电影短片；短裤（shorts）；<英> 少量烈酒
vt.故意少给…的零头，骗取
vi.短路
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] shorts [第三人称单数] shorts
[单词现在分词] shorting
[单词过去式] shorted
[单词过去分词] shorted
[比较级] shorter [最高级] shortest
[反义词] long 长的
【关联词/派生词】
shortcoming n.短处，缺点
shortly adv.不久；立刻，马上
shortage n.不足，缺点；缺少
shorthand n.速记，速记法；简略的表达方式 adj.速记的；速记法的；用速记法的
shorten v.(使)缩短；(使)变短；减低
shortcut n.捷径，近路；（电脑操作中的）快捷方式；（计算机）快捷键
【short形近词/近似词】
exhort v. 忠告；劝告；劝诫；勉励
abort v.使流产；堕胎；使夭折；使中止 n.流产；中止计划；取消；夭折的计划
escort n.护送者；护卫队；护航舰 vt.护送，护卫
sort n.分类，类别 v.分类；整理
【单词例句】
◇ The short blind person touched the elephant’s leg. He said: “ You are all wrong! The elephant is a pillar.”
“你们净瞎说，大象只是根大柱子。”原来矮个子盲人摸到了大象的腿。
---- Touching an Elephant
◇ On a macro level, you get shorter as you age due to changes in the bones, muscles and joints.
从宏观层面来看，人在衰老时会因为骨骼、肌肉和关节的变化而变矮。
---- Why do you shrink when you get older
◇ "After a short first-use cycle, 95% of plastic packaging material value, or $80 billion to $120 billion annually, is lost to the economy," the WEF said in a report.
世界经济论坛在其报告中指出：“塑料袋的首次使用周期很短，由于再用率低下，95%的塑料袋都白白浪费掉了，造成的经济损失每年高达800亿至1200亿美元。”
---- More plastic than fish in oceans by 2050
◇ Last year the Autonomy Institute made renewed calls for the implementation of a four-day week, saying it would help even out the unhealthy distribution of work and shift the focus to producing better work in a shorter time.
去年自治学会再次呼吁实施每周四天工作制，声称这将平衡不健康的工作分配，将重心转移到在更短时间内做出更好的业绩。
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ Shao Zhonglin, former deputy secretary-general of the China Express Association, noted they were useful "over a short range".
中国快递协会原副秘书长邵钟林说，它们在“短距离内”是有用处的。
---- 'Little yellow horse' robot delivers useful service in China
◇ Plus, years of recent research suggest that short bursts of intense exercise can provide some of the same health benefits as long, endurance-style workouts - and they also tend to be more fun.
此外，持续数年的近期研究也表明，短时间的高强度训练能带来和长时间的耐力训练一样的健康益处，而且也更有意思。
---- Common fitness misconceptions
◇ In the 1500s, English speakers began referring to the seasons separating the cold and warm months as either the fall of the leaf or spring of the leaf, or fall and spring for short.
在16世纪，以英语为母语的人开始用树叶的落下（简称fall）或生长（简称spring）来指代寒热两季之间的几个月。
---- The reason why Americans refer to Autumn as fall?
◇ In short, if it's new, uncharted territory, if you feel that you're boldly going where no one has gone before - yourself in particular - then you're game. What you can't stand - what you absolutely cannot and will not tolerate, no matter what - is boredom.
简而言之，只要是新奇的东西，特别是没人敢尝试的玩意，你都愿意大胆一博。因此，你绝对不能忍受和容忍的事就是——枯燥乏味。
---- The most unbearable thing for the twelve zodiac signs
◇ Do you really need to worry about this? The short answer is, not really. Injuries from microwave radiation are very rare, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. However, there are certain precautions you can take to keep yourself safe when using a microwave oven.
你真的需要担心这个吗？简短的答案是，并不需要。美国食品和药物管理局（FDA）称，微波辐射造成的伤害非常罕见。不过，使用微波炉时，你可以采取一些预防措施来保证自己的安全。
---- Is It Safe to Stand in Front of Microwave Ovens?
◇ So now the Emperor walked under his high canopy in the midst of the procession, through the streets of his capital; and all the people standing by, and those at the windows, cried out, "Oh! How beautiful are our Emperor's new clothes! What a magnificent train there is to the mantle; and how gracefully the scarf hangs!" in short, no one would allow that he could not see these much-admired clothes; because, in doing so, he would have declared himself either a simpleton or unfit for his office. Certainly, none of the Emperor's various suits, had ever made so great an impression, as these invisible ones.
这么着，皇帝就在那个富丽的华盖下游行起来了。站在街上和窗子里的人都说：“乖乖，皇上的新装真是漂亮！他上衣下面的后裾是多么美丽！衣服多么合身！”谁也不愿意让人知道自己看不见什么东西，因为这样就会暴露自己不称职，或是太愚蠢。皇帝所有的衣服从来没有得到这样普遍的称赞。