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short-winded

/shawrt-win-did/US // ˈʃɔrtˈwɪn dɪd //

絮絮叨叨,絮絮叨叨的,啰嗦,啰嗦的人

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
    • : brief or concise; to the point, as in speech or writing.

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Examples

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

  • The precision it took to craft such a cohesive, wholly compelling work over 12 years is nothing short of remarkable.

  • In short, fatherhood gets little attention in policy debates.

  • But the qualities Mario Cuomo brought to public life—compassion, integrity, commitment to principle—remain in short supply today.

  • In short, we found ways to couch messages of failure or inadequacy.

  • Sometimes the stems are quite bare; on other occasions they are partly branched; in any case the branches are short.

  • Many of their cannon balls that fell far short of us, were collected and returned to them with powerful effect.

  • He was tall and of familiar figure, and the firelight was playing in the tossed curls of his short, fair hair.

  • They are ovoid in shape, and lie in pairs, end to end, often forming short chains.

  • And since he was a very fast runner—for short distances—he met Grandfather Mole just as the old chap was crawling up the bank.