shortest 音标拼音: [ʃ'ɔrtɪst]
a . 短的
短的
shortest 最短
Short \
Short \,
a . [
Compar . {
Shorter };
superl . {
Shortest }.] [
OE .
short ,
schort ,
AS .
scort ,
sceort ;
akin to OHG .
scurz ,
Icel .
skorta to be short of ,
to lack ,
and perhaps to E .
shear ,
v .
t .
Cf . {
Shirt }.]
1 .
Not long ;
having brief length or linear extension ;
as ,
a short distance ;
a short piece of timber ;
a short flight .
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The bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it . --
Isa .
xxviii .
20 .
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2 .
Not extended in time ;
having very limited duration ;
not protracted ;
as ,
short breath .
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The life so short ,
the craft so long to learn .
--
Chaucer .
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To short absense I could yield . --
Milton .
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3 .
Limited in quantity ;
inadequate ;
insufficient ;
scanty ;
as ,
a short supply of provisions ,
or of water .
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4 .
Insufficiently provided ;
inadequately supplied ;
scantily furnished ;
lacking ;
not coming up to a resonable ,
or the ordinary ,
standard ; --
usually with of ;
as ,
to be short of money .
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We shall be short in our provision . --
Shak .
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5 .
Deficient ;
defective ;
imperfect ;
not coming up ,
as to a measure or standard ;
as ,
an account which is short of the trith .
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6 .
Not distant in time ;
near at hand .
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Marinell was sore offended That his departure thence should be so short .
--
Spenser .
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He commanded those who were appointed to attend him to be ready by a short day . --
Clarendon .
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7 .
Limited in intellectual power or grasp ;
not comprehensive ;
narrow ;
not tenacious ,
as memory .
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Their own short understandings reach No farther than the present . --
Rowe .
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8 .
Less important ,
efficaceous ,
or powerful ;
not equal or equivalent ;
less (
than ); --
with of .
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Hardly anything short of an invasion could rouse them again to war . --
Landor .
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9 .
Abrupt ;
brief ;
pointed ;
petulant ;
as ,
he gave a short answer to the question .
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10 . (
Cookery )
Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth ;
crisp ;
as ,
short pastry .
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11 . (
Metal )
Brittle .
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Note :
Metals that are brittle when hot are called ?
ot -
short ;
as ,
cast iron may be hot -
short ,
owing to the presence of sulphur .
Those that are brittle when cold are called cold -
short ;
as ,
cast iron may be cold -
short ,
on account of the presence of phosphorus .
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12 . (
Stock Exchange )
Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed ;
as ,
short contracts ;
to be short of stock .
See The shorts ,
under {
Short },
n .,
and To sell short ,
under {
Short },
adv .
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Note :
In mercantile transactions ,
a note or bill is sometimes made payable at short sight ,
that is ,
in a little time after being presented to the payer .
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13 . (
Phon .)
Not prolonged ,
or relatively less prolonged ,
in utterance ; --
opposed to {
long },
and applied to vowels or to syllables .
In English ,
the long and short of the same letter are not ,
in most cases ,
the long and short of the same sound ;
thus ,
the i in ill is the short sound ,
not of i in isle ,
but of ee in eel ,
and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate ,
etc .
See {
Quantity },
and Guide to Pronunciation , [
sect ][
sect ]
22 ,
30 .
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Note :
Short is much used with participles to form numerous self -
explaining compounds ;
as ,
short -
armed ,
short -
billed ,
short -
fingered ,
short -
haired ,
short -
necked ,
short -
sleeved ,
short -
tailed ,
short -
winged ,
short -
wooled ,
etc .
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{
At short notice },
in a brief time ;
promptly .
{
Short rib } (
Anat .),
one of the false ribs .
{
Short suit } (
Whist ),
any suit having only three cards ,
or less than three . --
R .
A .
Proctor .
{
To come short }, {
To cut short }, {
To fall short },
etc .
See under {
Come }, {
Cut },
etc .
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