shortest

shortest

美 [ʃɔrt] 　英 [ʃɔː(r)t]

  • adj.缺乏；不足；短缺；缺少；短的；短暂的；矮的；低的
  • adv.不足；缺少；未达到；不及；缺乏；不足；突然；忽然
  • n.概略；要点；不足；缺乏；少量烈酒；（尤指在正片前放映的）电影短片
  • v.卖空(股票)；故意少给；欺骗；【电】使短路；欺骗；卖空(股票)；故意少给；【电】使短路
  • 网络最短；最矮的；最短的

词形变化

比较级：shorter  最高级：shortest  复数：shorts  现在分词：shorting  过去式：shorted  

反义词

adj.
tall

同义词

英汉双解

adj.
— see also
shortly
长度；距离length/distance
1.
短的measuring or covering a small length or distance, or a smaller length or distance than usual
He had short curly hair.
他有一头短鬈发。
a short walk
短距离步行
a short skirt
短裙
高度height
2.
个子矮的small in height
She was short and dumpy.
她又矮又胖。
时间time
3.
短的；短期的；短暂的lasting or taking a small amount of time or less time than usual
I'm going to France for a short break.
我打算去法国度个短假。
Which is the shortest day of the year?
一年中哪一天最短？
a short book(= taking a short time to read, because it does not have many pages)
一本小书
She has a very short memory(= remembers only things that have happened recently) .
她的记性很差。
Life's too short to sit around moping.
人生苦短，不能整天坐在那儿自寻烦恼。
It was all over in a relatively short space of time .
不一会儿工夫就完全结束了。
4.
[obn]
短短的seeming to have passed very quickly
Just two short years ago he was the best player in the country.
短短两年前，他还是全国最优秀的运动员。
不足not enough
5.
[nbn]
~ (of sth)
不足；短缺not having enough of sth; lacking sth
I'm afraid I'm a little short(= of money) this month.
这个月我恐怕手头有点紧。
She is not short of excuses when things go wrong.
事情出了差错，她老有借口。
6.
~ on sth
缺乏，缺少（某种品质）lacking or not having enough of a particular quality
He was a big strapping guy but short on brains.
他五大三粗，但头脑简单。
7.
[nbn]
紧俏；紧缺not easily available; not supplying as much as you need
Money was short at that time.
那时候，钱紧缺。
8.
[nbn]
~ (of sth)
少于；缺少；未达到less than the number, amount or distance mentioned or needed
Her last throw was only three centimetres short of the world record.
她的最后一掷距世界纪录只差三厘米。
The team was five players short.
球队还缺五名球员。
She was just short of her 90th birthday when she died.
她去世时就快过 90 岁生日了。
呼吸of breath
9.
~ of breath
（呼吸）短促，困难；（气）急having difficulty breathing, for example because of illness
名称；单词name/word
10.
~ for sth
简略的；缩写的being a shorter form of a name or word
Call me Jo─it's short for Joanna.
叫我乔好了，这是乔安娜的简称。
file transfer protocol or FTP for short
file transfer protocol （文件传输协议）或简称 FTP
无礼rude
11.
[nbn]
~ (with sb)
简单粗暴；简慢无礼speaking to sb using few words in a way that seems rude
I'm sorry I was short with you earlier─I had other things on my mind.
对不起，我刚才怠慢你了，我脑子里在想别的事。
元音vowel
12.
短音的ashort vowel is pronounced for a shorter time than other vowels
Compare the short vowel in ‘full’ and the long vowel in ‘fool’.
比较 full 中的短元音和 fool 中的长元音。
adv.
1.
缺少；不足if yougo short of orrun short of sth, you do not have enough of it
I'd never let you go short of anything.
我什么都不会让你缺的。
Mothers regularly go short of food to ensure their children have enough.
为了保证自己的孩子吃饱饭，做母亲的经常忍饥挨饿。
They had run short of(= used most of their supply of) fuel.
他们燃料不够用了。
2.
未达到；不及not as far as you need or expect
All too often you pitch the ball short.
你投球老是距离不够。
3.
中间（打断）；过早地（终止）before the time expected or arranged; before the natural time
a career tragically cut short by illness
因病不幸中断的事业
I'm afraid I'm going to have to stop you short there, as time is running out.
时间快到了，恐怕我得就此打断你了。
n.
— see also
shorts
1.
少量烈酒a small strong alcoholic drink, for example of whisky
2.
（尤指在正片前放映的）电影短片a short film/movie, especially one that is shown before the main film
v.

习惯用语

a brick short of a load, two sandwiches short of a picnic, etc.
冒傻气的；不大聪明的stupid; not very intelligent
get the short end of the stick
抽到倒霉签；被派做苦差事to be the person in a group who is chosen or forced to perform an unpleasant duty or task
give sb/sth/get short shrift
不重视（或同情）；不受重视（或同情）to give sb/get little attention or sympathy
have/be on a short fuse
动辄发火；性情暴躁；脾气不好to have a tendency to get angry quickly and easily
You may find your temper on a short fuse when confronting your teenager.
对付十几岁的半大孩子，你可能动不动就会生气。
in short order
麻利；简单省事quickly and without trouble
in the short run
从短期来看；眼下concerning the immediate future
In the short run, unemployment may fall.
从短期来看，失业率可能降低。
in short supply
不充裕；短缺；紧缺not existing in large enough quantities to satisfy demand
Basic foodstuffs were in short supply.
基本食物紧缺。
Sunshine will be in short supply for the west coast.
西海岸将不会有充足的阳光。
little/nothing short of sth
可以说是；无异于；近乎used when you are saying that sth is almost true, or is equal to sth
Last year's figures were little short of disastrous.
去年的数字简直是灾难。
The transformation has been nothing short of a miracle.
这种转化堪称奇迹。
make short work of sth/sb
干净利落地打败（或处理）；三下五除二就打垮（或解决）to defeat, deal with sth/sb quickly
Liverpool made short work of the opposition(= in a football/ soccer game) .
利物浦队干净利落地击败了对手。
He made short work of his lunch(= ate it quickly) .
他三下两下吃完午饭。
short and sweet
短暂而美好；简明扼要；紧凑pleasant but not lasting a long time
We haven't much time so I'll keep it short and sweet.
我们时间不多，我就长话短说吧。
be caught short
突然感觉要上厕所；内急to suddenly feel an urgent need to go to the toilet/bathroom
被置于不利地位to be put at a disadvantage
come short
出事故；遇到麻烦to have an accident; to get into trouble
fall short of sth
未达到；不符合to fail to reach the standard that you expected or need
The hotel fell far short of their expectations.
旅馆远没有他们预期的那么好。
short of (doing) sth
没有；如果不；除非without sth; without doing sth; unless sth happens
Short of a miracle, we're certain to lose.
除非发生奇迹，否则我们输定了。
Short of asking her to leave(= and we don't want to do that) there's not a lot we can do about the situation.
要是不请她走，我们也就没有多少办法应付这种局面了。
pull, bring, etc. sb up short
使某人突然停止to make sb suddenly stop what they are doing
I was brought up short by a terrible thought.
一个可怕的念头闪过，我一下子愣住了。
in short
总之；简言之in a few words
His novels belong to a great but vanished age. They are, in short, old-fashioned.
他的小说属于一个辉煌但已逝去的时代。一句话，已经过时了。

英汉解释

adj.
1.
短的;短暂的
2.
矮的;低的
3.
简短的;简略的;缩写的
4.
不足的;不够的;短少的
5.
(智力等)弱的;(记忆力)差的
6.
短期的
7.
简慢的;唐突的;无礼的;急性子的;不高兴的;发着脾气的
8.
〈口〉不搀水的,强烈的(酒等);纯的
9.
【商】卖空的;抛空的;无存货的
10.
脆的;易裂的;易碎的;松脆的(饼等)
11.
【语】短音的
12.
不及的;达不到的
13.
(见闻等)浅陋的
14.
波涛汹涌的(海)
adv.
1.
缺乏;不足
2.
突然;忽然
3.
简短地;简单地
4.
脆
5.
简慢地;唐突地
n.
1.
概略;要点;不足;缺乏
2.
(报刊的)短讯;短篇;(电影的)短片
3.
【商】卖空;(交易所的)空方;空头
4.
【电】同“short-circuit”
5.
(运动)短裤
6.
萧特
7.
【语】短音节;【乐】短音符
8.
次货;废料;次粉;细麦子
9.
〈美俚〉汽车
10.
短期票据[债券]
11.
【棒】游击手
12.
不到规定长度的东西[鱼等]
13.
短少的数额;【印】短少部数;追加部数
v.
1.
卖空(股票)
2.
故意少给;欺骗
3.
【电】使短路

英英解释

adj.
1.
measuring a small height, length, or distance; not long enough, or not tall enough
2.
a period of time that is short does not last very long or seems to pass quickly
3.
expressed in few words, or containing few pages
4.
using fewer words or letters than the full form of something
5.
used for saying that you do not have enough of something; if something is short or in short supply, there is not enough of it or it is not easy to get
6.
if you have a short memory, you are not able or willing to remember things that happened recently
7.
rude and unfriendly when speaking to someone
8.
a short vowel or syllable is one that you pronounce quickly
9.
full of butter or other fat
adv.
1.
without reaching a particular place or position
n.
1.
[Electricity]Same as short-circuit
2.
a movie that lasts only a few minutes, sometimes shown at a theater before the main movie
3.
a short circuit
4.
shortstop
5.
a clothing size for a short person, or a piece of clothing in this size
6.
a strong alcoholic drink served in small amounts
v.
1.
to short-circuit, or to make something do this
2.
to give someone less of something than they expect or should get

例句

Meanwhile, it would be highly appreciated if you could send us 2 catalogues + some representative samples within the shortest possible time.

同时，我们尤其希望贵司尽快邮寄2套商品目录以及一些样品给我们。

" Then the shortest man who was only able to hold the leg of the elephant said: " My king, an elephant is just like the trunk of a tree.

那个矮小的，只能握著象腿的人接著说：陛下，这只象极像一棵树的躯干。

The shortest paths from routing group A to any other routing group in the topology have been determined.

从路由组A到拓扑中的其他所有路由组的最短路径都已确定。

The great-circle distance calculates the shortest distance between any two points on the surface of a sphere.

大圆弧长计算球面两点之间的最短距离。

Introduction of the principle that a wooden pail how much water charge, depending on the shortest of the plate.

短板原理说，一个木桶能装多少水，取决于最短的那块板。

With an estimated climbing time of just under five and a half hours, it is also one of the shortest.

从这条山道登顶估计要用五个半小时，也是所有登山道中最短的。

American children also have one of the shortest school days, six-and-a-half hours, adding up to 32 hours a week.

美国儿童每天在学校呆的时间也是最短的，六个半小时，加起来一周上学32小时。

The bottom layer is made up of the shortest running tests, which, as you can imagine, are the easiest to write.

底层由运行时间最短的测试构成，可以想象的到，它们也最易于编写。

Water Bottle Rule: how much the bottle contains water depends on its shortest wood.

水桶定律：一只水桶能装多少水，完全取决与它最短的那块木板。

the multinationals have been trying to deal with in the shortest time customer complaints.

这个跨国公司一直尽力在最短时间内处理顾客的投诉。

An immediate response is vital when it is a question of bringing fast-moving machinery to a standstill in the shortest possible time.

立即反应是非常关键的，如使快速运动的机器在很短的可能时间内停顿所产生的问题。

IT WAS one of the shortest-lived revolutions ever.

这是有史以来最短寿的革命之一。

His 33-day papacy was one of the shortest reigns in papal history, resulting in the most recent "Year of Three Popes. "

在位只有33天的他是宗教史上任职最短的教皇，当年也成了史上最近一次“三教皇年”；

For me, it was just a shortest instant of gratification.

对于我，只是短短的一瞬间满足。

A simple way to understand the efficient markets hypothesis is to think about the problem of finding the shortest queue at the checkout.

要理解有效市场假设，有个简单的方法：想想结账时如何找最短的队伍排队。

With a written map in hand, however, I enjoy the trip and arrive at my first destination in the shortest possible time.

总之，有一张写好的地图在手，我非常享受这个过程并且在也许是最短的时间里到达了我的第一个目的地。

If you need to see color and detail then likely the best choice is the dimmest white light for the shortest amount of time.

如果你需要看彩色及细节，用很暗的白光，并且尽可能缩短时间。

She then subtracts 18 days from her shortest cycle to find the first "unsafe" day of her present cycle.

然后用最短周期的天数减18，即为现在月经周期“不安全的”第一天；

The shortest man in the world able to walk has died in Rome at the age of 21 , according to Britain's Guinness World Records .

据英国吉尼斯世界纪录总部，世界上最矮的具备行走能力的人死于罗马，年仅21岁。

The company set up the team, a full-time staff delivery of goods in the shortest possible time accurate to your side.

公司成立车队，有专职送货人员将货品在最短时间内准确的送到您的身旁。

These shortest paths can be easily determined by keeping track of the predecessors of vertices in the tree.

只要在树中沿着先行顶点的轨迹引伸，这些最短路径还是容易确定的。

The cook stove was designed to produce the greatest amount of heat in the shortest amount of time and with the least amount of fuel.

设计的炉子可以在最短的时间里提供最大的热量，同时使用最少的燃料。

The shortest distance between two points is a timeline, a schedule, a map of your time, the itinerary for the rest of your life.

两点之间最短的距离是时间表，工作簿，时间地图，余生的行程表。

Student B: Because February is the shortest month of a year.

学生乙：因为二月是一年中最短的一个月。

The Census Bureau says the ten-question form this year is one of the shortest ever and should take no more than ten minutes.

人口调查局表示，今年的调查表格共有十个问题，是有史以来最简短的一次，不超过十分钟就可以回答完毕。

Remote diagnosis can be made of downtime caused by changes to the shortest, and speed up the necessary procedure.

不幼途诊断能使由障碍引起的转工期变为最不幼，并相答增速必给的历程。

Once the two contradictions of life, as far as possible in the shortest time to resolve, or easy to deepen the rift.

两人生活中一旦出现矛盾，尽量在最短时间内解决，否则容易加深裂痕。

We received the photos to the customers, in the shortest possible time for you to the exquisite crystal Zhao.

我们收到顾客发来的照片后，会在最短的时间内为您发去精致的水晶照。

The key to get the minimum distance between two points on the curved surface is to choice the shortest route in the surface.

求两点沿曲面最小距离的关键是正确选择两点间沿曲面的最短路径。

I Believe: The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interest to promote yours.

我深信：赚钱最快、最好的方法就是让人们清楚地看到，帮你增加财富对他们也有好处……

The Shortest Science Fiction Sitting at home , the last person in the world hears a knock on the door .

最短的科幻故事世界上最后一个人，坐在家里，听到了敲门声。

Statistics show Americans work more hours than any other nation but receive the shortest vacations in the developed world. . .

统计数字显示美国人比任何其他发达国家的人工作时间都长，而假期最短…

Macbeth is the shortest of Shakespeare's four great tragedies. No other play has such a centralized plot and sharp dramatic effect.

作为莎士比亚四大悲剧中最短的一部，《麦克白》以其集中的情节设计和鲜明的戏剧对称效果而闻名。

Because February is the shortest month of a year.

因为二月是一年中最短的月份。

The company says the flight, with an average flight time of 96 seconds, is the shortest in the world.

航空公司说，该航班平均飞行时间只有96秒，是世界上最短的航班。

Tom: The last several minutes of a class are the longest, while the last several minutes of an exam are the shortest.

汤姆：一堂课的最后几分钟最长，一场考试的最后几分钟最短。

Dijkstra algorithm is a typical shortest path algorithm, used to calculate a node to all other nodes of the shortest path.

Dijkstra算法是典型最短路算法，用于计算一个节点到其他所有节点的最短路径。

Management of the cask principle tells us, cask contained the largest amount depends on the shortest that piece of wood.

管理学的木桶原理告诉我们，木桶所盛装的最大水量取决于最短的那片木板。

Dijkstra algorithm is a step by step search algorithm for each vertex n reservations so far found from them ton shortest path to work.

Dijkstra算法是一种逐步搜索算法，通过为每个顶点n保留目前为止所找到的从m到n的最短路径来工作的。

The routing engine then determines the next hop on the shortest route that the advanced queuing engine should use for message transfer .

然后，路由引擎确定高级排队引擎应当用来传输邮件的最短路径中的下一跃点。

Choose your route carefully - the shortest way may not always be the best.

选择您的路线仔细-最短的方法不一定是最好的。

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