short/ ʃɔːt /

1.adjective
(in time) 短暂的

We had a short meeting.
我们的会面很短暂。
2.adjective
(in length) 短的

His black hair was very short.
他的黑头发很短。
3.adjective
(not tall) 矮的

I'm tall and thin and he's short and fat.
我又高又瘦,他又矮又胖。
4.adjective
(scarce) 短缺的

Money is short.
钱不够。
5.adjective
to be short (with sb) (curt) (对某人)粗暴无礼

I'm sorry I was so short with you.
对不起,我对你太粗暴无礼了。
6.noun [c] [BRIT] 
(drink) 少量烈酒

7.noun
(film) 短片

8.n pl
(short trousers) 短裤

9.n pl [esp US] 
(underpants) 男用短衬裤

a short time ago
不久以前
at short notice
临时通知
in short
简而言之
to have a short temper
脾气暴躁
to be short of sth
缺乏某物
I'm 3 short
我还缺3个
Fred is short for Frederick
弗雷德是弗雷德里克的简称
a pair of shorts
一条短裤
to cut short
缩短
to run short of
所剩不多了
to fall short of
未达到
short of doing...
除了做…外
nothing/little short of...
不亚于/简直就是…
to stop short
突然停住
to stop short of doing sth
差点儿就要做某事