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shortest

/shawrt/US // ʃɔrt //UK // (ʃɔːt) //

最短,最短的,最短时间,最短的一次

Related Words

precise准确,精确,准确的,精密short-lived昙花一现,昙花一现的,短暂的,寿命短的brief简介,简要,简短的,简短terse简练,简练的,简洁的,精练shortened缩短,缩短了,简化,缩短的abbreviated缩略语,缩略,缩写,简称small小,小型,小的,小型的thick浓密的,浓厚的,浓重的,浓密tiny微小的,微小,渺小,渺小的low低,低的,低位,低级poor穷人,贫穷,可怜的,穷limited有限的,有限,有限性shy羞涩,羞涩的,害羞,害羞的slim苗条,纤细的,纤细,苗条的slender纤细,纤细的,苗条,苗条的tight紧,紧密,严格,紧张sharp尖锐,犀利,尖锐的,锐利straight直,直接,笔直的,直的fragile脆弱的,娇嫩的,脆弱,纤弱的crisp清脆的,干脆利落的,干脆利落,爽快的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    short·er, short·est.

    • : having little length; not long.
    • : having little height; not tall: a short man.
    • : extending or reaching only a little way: a short path.
    • : brief in duration; not extensive in time:a short wait.
    • : brief or concise, as writing.
    • : rudely brief; abrupt; brusque: short behavior.
    • : low in amount; scanty: short rations.
    • : not reaching a point, mark, target, or the like; not long enough or far enough.
    • : below the standard in extent, quantity, duration, etc.: short measure.
    • : having a scanty or insufficient amount of: He was short in experience.
    • : being below a necessary or desired level; lacking: The office is short due to winter colds and flu.
    • : Cooking. crisp and flaky; breaking or crumbling readily from being made with a large proportion of butter or other shortening. containing a relatively large amount of shortening.
    • : deficient in tenacity; friable; brittle.
    • : of less than ordinary length from front to back.
    • : Stock Exchange. not possessing at the time of sale commodities or stocks that one sells.noting or pertaining to a sale of commodities or stocks that the seller does not possess, depending for profit on a decline in prices.
    • : Phonetics. lasting a relatively short time: “Bit” has a shorter vowel-sound than “bid” or “bead.”belonging to a class of sounds considered as usually shorter in duration than another class, as the vowel of but as compared to that of bought, and in many languages serving as a distinctive feature of phonemes, as the a in German Bann in contrast with the ah in Bahn, or the t in Italian fato in contrast with the tt in fatto.having the sound of the English vowels in bat, bet, bit, hot, but, and put, historically descended from vowels that were short in duration.
    • : Prosody. lasting a relatively shorter time than a long syllable.unstressed.
    • : small:a short drink.
    • : Chiefly British. undiluted; straight.
    • : Ceramics. not plastic enough to be modeled.
    • : Ropemaking. hard.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : abruptly or suddenly: to stop short.
    • : briefly; curtly.
    • : on the near side of an intended or particular point: The arrow landed short.
    • : Baseball. with the hands higher on the handle of the bat than usual: He held the bat short and flied out.in a fielding position closer to home plate than usual.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something that is short.
    • : that which is deficient or lacking.
    • : Usually the short . the sum and substance of a matter; gist: Here's the short of it: they broke up two weeks before the wedding.See also long.
    • : shorts, trousers, knee-length or shorter.short pants worn by men as an undergarment.knee breeches, formerly worn by men.Finance.short-term bonds.Mining.crushed ore failing to pass through a given screen, thus being of a larger given size than a specific grade.Compare fine. remnants, discards, or refuse of various cutting and manufacturing processes.
    • : a size of garment for men who are shorter than average: He wears a 42 short.
    • : a garment, as a suit or overcoat, in such a size.
    • : Military. a shot that strikes or bursts short of the target.
    • : Electricity. short circuit.
    • : Prosody. a short sound or syllable.
    • : Baseball. shortstop.
    • : Movies. short subject.
    • : Finance. short seller.
    • : a deficiency or the amount of a deficiency.
    • : Chiefly British. a small drink of straight whiskey; shot.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cause a short circuit in.
    • : to cheat by giving less than is expected or deserved; shortchange.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to short-circuit.

Phrases

  • short and sweet
  • short end of the stick, the
  • short for
  • short haul
  • short notice, on
  • short of
  • short order
  • short run
  • short shrift, give
  • by the short hairs
  • caught short
  • cut short
  • fall short
  • for short
  • in brief (short)
  • in short order
  • in short supply
  • in the long (short) run
  • life is too short
  • long and short of it
  • long (short) haul
  • make a long story short
  • make short work of
  • nothing short of
  • run short
  • sell short
  • stop short

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.abridged
Synonyms
abbreviated缩略语,缩略,缩写,简称brief简介,简要,简短的,简短precise准确,精确,准确的,精密short-lived昙花一现,昙花一现的,短暂的,寿命短的shortened缩短,缩短了,简化,缩短的terse简练,简练的,简洁的,精练abbreviate缩略语,缩略,简略,缩减bare光光的,赤裸裸的,光光,裸露的compressed压缩的,压缩,压缩空气,压缩后condensed浓缩的,凝练,浓缩,凝练的curtailed缩减,缩减的,缩减了,削减了decreased减少,减少了,降低,减少的diminished减损,减弱,减弱的,减少的fleeting转瞬即逝,转瞬即逝的,稍纵即逝,稍纵即逝的lessened减轻,减轻了,减少了,减少little少许,少,少量,少少pointed尖锐的,尖锐,尖的,尖头summarized概述,总结,概括地说,归纳summary摘要,概要,概述,撮要aphoristic言简意赅,箴言式的,谚语,警句式boiled down归结为,煮熟的,煮熟了的,煮熟了breviloquent冗长的话语,冗长的语言,漫无边际,长篇大论compendiary汇编,简编,汇辑,汇编本compendious简明扼要,简明扼要的,简明扼要的说,简明扼要地concise简要,简洁,简洁的,简明扼要curtate凝视,遏止,凝视着,凝视的cut short缩短,缩短了,缩减,缩短时间cut to the bone刻骨铭心,斩钉截铁,斩钉截铁的说decurtate去掉了,去掉,蜕变,去掉了的epigrammatic象征性的,象形文字,象征性,象征性的文字in a nutshell简而言之,一言以蔽之,简言之,概括地说laconic沉默寡言,口齿不清,沉默寡言的,口齿不清的momentary瞬间,瞬间的,瞬时,暂时的not protracted非旷日持久,不是旷日持久的,非旷日持久的,不是旷日持久pithy简洁,简洁的,简明扼要,精辟sententious感性的,感性,多情的,感情丰富的short and sweet短小精悍,短暂而甜蜜,短暂而温馨,短暂而甜蜜的short-term短期,短期的,短期内,短线succinct简明扼要,简明扼要的,简明,简练的undersized尺寸过小,尺寸不足,规模不足,尺寸不足的unprolonged旷日持久,旷日持久的,不长的时间,漫长的unsustained未坚持,未坚持的,未坚持下来的,未坚持下去
adj.not tall
Synonyms
abbreviated缩略语,缩略,缩写,简称low低,低的,低位,低级small小,小型,小的,小型的thick浓密的,浓厚的,浓重的,浓密tiny微小的,微小,渺小,渺小的compact紧凑型,紧凑,紧凑的,结构紧凑diminutive缩略语,矮小的,缩微,矮小little少许,少,少量,少少petite娇小的,娇小,小巧,娇小玲珑pocket口袋,袋子,袋装,口袋里slight纤细的,纤细,纤弱的,纤微squat蹲下,下蹲,蹲踞,蹲着stunted矮小的,矮小,发育不良,发育不良的wee凌晨,凌晨时分,凌晨时分的chunky矮胖的,胖胖的,大块的,矮胖close to the ground紧贴地面,贴近地面,贴地,接近地面not long不长,时间不长,不长时间,不长的时间pint-sized小巧玲珑,矮小的,小小的,小巧的pocket-sized袖珍型,袖珍型的,袖珍,袖珍的runty流动性,奔放,奔放的,跑步sawed-off锯断的,锯掉的,锯断,锯断式skimpy马虎了事,马虎,马虎不得,马虎的squatty蹲踞式,蹲式,蹲着的,蹲踞式的stocky粗壮的,矮胖的,矮胖,肥硕的stubby倔强的,矮胖子,倔强的人,顽固的thickset厚实,厚重,厚重感,厚实的undersized尺寸过小,尺寸不足,规模不足,尺寸不足的
adj.insufficient
Synonyms
limited有限的,有限,有限性poor穷人,贫穷,可怜的,穷shy羞涩,羞涩的,害羞,害羞的slender纤细,纤细的,苗条,苗条的slim苗条,纤细的,纤细,苗条的tight紧,紧密,严格,紧张failing失败,失败的,失效,失误lacking匮乏的,缺少,匮乏,缺乏needing需要,需要的,有必要,需要的是scant寥寥无几,稀少的,少量的,少量scanty微薄的,稀少的,轻微的,微薄wanting想要,想要的,希望,要的deficient亏损,亏损的,亏欠,欠缺exiguous冗长的,冗长,毗连的,毗连inadequate不够,不足,不足的,不够的low on低上,低在,低于,低meager微薄的,微薄,微不足道,微不足道的niggardly卑鄙的,卑鄙的人,胆小的,胆小的人scarce稀缺,缺少,匮乏,紧张short-handed缺少人手,手足无措,缺少人手的,手足无措的skimpy马虎了事,马虎,马虎不得,马虎的sparse稀少的,稀疏的,稀疏,寥寥无几
adj.abrupt, discourteous
Synonyms
brief简介,简要,简短的,简短sharp尖锐,犀利,尖锐的,锐利straight直,直接,笔直的,直的terse简练,简练的,简洁的,精练blunt直言不讳,直率的,钝的,直率direct直接,直接的,直达,直接的说bad-tempered脾气不好的人,脾气不好的,脾气不好,坏脾气breviloquent冗长的话语,冗长的语言,漫无边际,长篇大论brusque粗鲁的,粗鲁,蛮横的,粗糙的curt咖特,遏制,遏止,凝视gruff粗糙的,粗鲁的,粗暴的,粗糙的声音impolite不礼貌的,不客气的,不客气,不礼貌inconsiderate不周全,不周全的,不周,不周到irascible暴躁,暴躁的,气急败坏,脾气暴躁offhand大手大脚,大大咧咧,大大咧咧的,大手大脚的rude无礼,无礼的,不客气,不客气的short-spoken简言之,简短语气,短语,简言之就是short-tempered气短,气急败坏,心急吃不了热豆腐,心急如焚snappy蹩脚的,爽快的,爽快,蹩脚snippety嗅觉,嗅探,嗅嗅,嗅觉敏感snippy嗅觉灵敏,嗅觉,嗅觉敏锐,嗅觉灵敏的testy诙谐,狡猾的,暴躁,狡猾的人thoughtless没心没肺,不加思索,不思进取,没心没肺的unceremonious毫不客气地,毫不客气的说,毫不客气的,毫不客气地说uncivil不文明,不文明的,不公,不文明行为ungracious无礼,毫无风度,无礼的,不礼貌的
adj.crumbly
Synonyms
brief简介,简要,简短的,简短sharp尖锐,犀利,尖锐的,锐利straight直,直接,笔直的,直的terse简练,简练的,简洁的,精练blunt直言不讳,直率的,钝的,直率direct直接,直接的,直达,直接的说bad-tempered脾气不好的人,脾气不好的,脾气不好,坏脾气breviloquent冗长的话语,冗长的语言,漫无边际,长篇大论brusque粗鲁的,粗鲁,蛮横的,粗糙的curt咖特,遏制,遏止,凝视gruff粗糙的,粗鲁的,粗暴的,粗糙的声音impolite不礼貌的,不客气的,不客气,不礼貌inconsiderate不周全,不周全的,不周,不周到irascible暴躁,暴躁的,气急败坏,脾气暴躁offhand大手大脚,大大咧咧,大大咧咧的,大手大脚的rude无礼,无礼的,不客气,不客气的short-spoken简言之,简短语气,短语,简言之就是short-tempered气短,气急败坏,心急吃不了热豆腐,心急如焚snappy蹩脚的,爽快的,爽快,蹩脚snippety嗅觉,嗅探,嗅嗅,嗅觉敏感snippy嗅觉灵敏,嗅觉,嗅觉敏锐,嗅觉灵敏的testy诙谐,狡猾的,暴躁,狡猾的人thoughtless没心没肺,不加思索,不思进取,没心没肺的unceremonious毫不客气地,毫不客气的说,毫不客气的,毫不客气地说uncivil不文明,不文明的,不公,不文明行为ungracious无礼,毫无风度,无礼的,不礼貌的

Examples

  • At an even five feet tall, Catanzaro is the shortest competitor in this season of Ninja Warrior, but average for a gymnast.

  • Among all the monsters Godzilla fights in the movie, the battle with Zilla is the shortest.

  • He has 571,000 Twitter followers and has posted some of his shortest stories, just a few lines long, on Instagram.

  • Palin spoke for just 12 minutes, one of the shortest speeches of the day.

  • A.J. Clemente: F***in S*^$ The North Dakota news anchor may have set a record for shortest time on the job, any job.

  • It seeks the shortest phrase or sentence and adds successively all the modifiers, making no omissions.

  • Even the policeman who is paid to direct you, replies to your inquiry with the shortest and gruffest monosyllable that will do.

  • Short men liked short cuts, but, as Bacon said, the shortest way is commonly the foulest.

  • Though he knew it was risky he determined to stop and find out where he was and to inquire the shortest way to Palmyra.

  • Now this is merely the shortest and simplest form of a story, which is found practically all the world over.

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