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short-day

/shawrt-dey/US // ˈʃɔrtˈdeɪ //

短日,短暂的一天,短时间,短时间内

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Botany.

    • : requiring a short photoperiod.

Examples

  • As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

  • He added: “People say he deserves his day in court… Do we have enough time?”

  • For many years afterward it was a never-ending topic of conversation, and is more or less talked of even to this day.

  • “We talked about the science the whole time the other day,” Krauss told The Daily Beast in a phone interview.

  • Gunshots rang out in Paris this morning on a second day of deadly violence that has stunned the French capital.

  • The afternoon was a lovely one—the day was a perfect example of the mellowest mood of autumn.

  • Edna did not reveal so much as all this to Madame Ratignolle that summer day when they sat with faces turned to the sea.

  • Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.

  • There are three things a wise man will not trust: the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.

  • The proceedings of the day commenced with divine service, performed by Unitarian and Baptist ministers.