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shorts /∫ɔ:ts/
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short /ˈʃoɚt/
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short
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- Danh từ số nhiều quần soóc (Mỹ) quần đùi nam * Các từ tương tự:shortstop
- adjective shorter; -est extending a small distance from one end to the other end :having little length :not long Her hair is short. = She has short hair. It's just a short distance from here. = It's just a short distance away. the shortest rope One of my legs is slightly shorter than the other. The coat is short on him. = The coat is too short for him. [=the coat should be longer in order to fit him correctly] not great in distance a short walk/drive/trip This way is shorter. having little height :not tall He is short for his age. a short girl lasting or continuing for a small amount of time :brief a short delay/vacation/speech the shortest day of the year Life's too short to worry about the past. The movie/meeting was very short. You have done a lot in a short space/period of time. a short burst of speed I've only lived here for a short time/while. It's just a short walk from here. [=you can walk there from here in a few minutes] She has a very short memory. [=she forgets about events, conversations, etc., soon after they happen] b always used before a noun :seeming to pass quickly She has made great progress in a few short years. He visited for two short weeks. having few pages, items, etc. a short book/poem I have a list of things I need to do before we go, but it's pretty short. short sentences of clothing :covering only part of the arms or legs boys in short pants a shirt with short sleeves [=sleeves that end at or above the elbows] a short skirt [=a skirt that ends above the knees and especially several inches above the knees] existing in less than the usual or needed amount We should hurry. Time is short. [=we don't have much time] Money has been short lately. [=I haven't had enough money lately] Gasoline is in short supply. [=little gasoline is available] (US) We can be ready on short notice. = (Brit) We can be ready at short notice. [=very quickly] (US) Thank you for meeting with me on such short notice. = (Brit) Thank you for meeting with me at such short notice. [=even though you did not know that I wanted to meet with you until a short time ago] b not used before a noun :having less than what is needed :not having enough of something I can't pay the bill. I'm a little short (of money). [=I don't have enough money] The team was short (by) two players. = The team was two players short. - often + on short on time/food/money She's a little short on patience today. [=she is feeling somewhat impatient] He's not short on self-confidence. [=he has plenty of self-confidence] He was long on criticism but short on useful advice. [=he was very critical but did not give any useful advice] less than - used in the phrase nothing short of to give emphasis to a statement or description His recovery is nothing short of a miracle. = His recovery is nothing short of miraculous. [=his recovery is a miracle; his recovery is miraculous] not reaching far enough The throw to first base was short. a short throw made smaller by having part removed a short tax form - often + for Doc is short for doctor. Ben is short for Benjamin. www is short for World Wide Web. not used before a noun :talking to someone in a very brief and unfriendly way :rudely brief I'm sorry I was short [=abrupt, curt] with you. linguistics of a vowel - used to identify certain vowel sounds in English long and short vowels the short a in bad the short e in bet the short i in sit the short o in hot the short u in but - compare 1long 6 a short fuse xem fuse draw the short straw xem draw fall short xem fall in short order quickly and without delay In short order the group set up camp. The papers were organized in short order. make short work of xem work short and sweet pleasantly brief :not lasting a long time or requiring a lot of time That's the way we like the meetingsshort and sweet. I've got a few announcements, but I'll keep it short and sweet. [=I will talk for only a few minutes] short of breath If you are short of breath, it is difficult for you to breathe. He is overweight and gets short of breath [=out of breath] just walking to his car. She was short of breath and unable to talk after her run. the short end of the stick xem stick adverb shorter; -est to or at a point that is not as far as expected or desired :to a point not reaching what is needed for something The ball fell short. He threw the ball short. He began to run/answer and then pulled up short. [=stopped suddenly and did not finish] We made as many cookies as we could, but we came up short [=we had fewer than we needed to have] and there weren't enough for everyone. Time is running short. [=there is little time left to do, accomplish, etc., something] - often + of He finished in 30 secondsjust one second short of the world record. [=he finished in 30 seconds and the world record is 29 seconds] She quit school a month short of [=before] graduation. We came up short of [=we did not achieve] our goal. Sales for the month came short of our estimates. [=we sold less than we had predicted we would sell] The attack was just short of a full invasion. She's just short of six feet tall. [=she is almost six feet tall] The performance was just short of perfection. = The performance was (only a) little short of perfect. The running back was stopped short of the goal line. [=was stopped just before the goal line] He stopped well short of the line. [=long before reaching the line] The boss said that she was unhappy with some employees, but she stopped short of naming which ones. [=but she did not say which employees she was unhappy with] We have plenty of shirts left, but we're running short of [=running out of] smaller sizes. [=the available supply of smaller sizes is almost used up] in a sudden manner The hunter stopped short [=suddenly] when he saw the deer. I was wandering through the exhibit when I was brought up short by a striking photograph. [=when a striking photograph made me suddenly stop] for or during a short time Her career was short-lasting. in a way that makes something short Keep the grass mowed short. Her dark hair was cut/cropped short. [=she had short hair] caught short xem catch cut short to end (something) earlier than expected We had to cut our vacation short. The speech was cut short. [=the speech was interrupted and not finished] fall short xem fall sell (someone or something) short xem sell short of except for (something) :other than (something) Short of replacing the motor, I have tried everything to fix the car. Short of a catastrophe [=unless something terrible happens], I think we'll succeed. taken/caught short Brit informal :suddenly needing to use a toilet when there is no toilet available noun plural shorts shorts [plural] pants that end at or above the knees a pair of shorts Your shorts are dirty. short shorts [=shorts that cover very little of the legs] see color picture - see also bermuda shorts boxer shorts [count] :a short movie The short before the main movie was very funny. [count] :short circuit [noncount] baseball informal :shortstop Who's playing short? [count] Brit :a small amount of liquor that you drink quickly :shot a short of vodka for short in a shorter form :as an abbreviation My name is Benjamin, or Ben for short. in short in a few words - used to indicate that you are saying something in as few words as possible The trip was, in short, a disaster. In short [=in summary], the company is doing extremely well. the long and (the) short of it xem long verb shorts; shorted; shorting [+ obj] :to cause (something) to have a short circuit :short-circuit The lightning shorted the TV. - often + out in U.S. English Water shorted out the flashlight. [no obj] :to stop working because of a short circuit :short-circuit The hair dryer must have shorted. - often + out in U.S. English The toaster oven shorted out. * Các từ tương tự:short circuit, short list, short run, short shrift, short story, short temper, short term, short time, shortage
- adjective Did you know that Queen Victoria was quite short? small little slight petite diminutive wee tiny elfin minuscule midget dwarfish squat dumpy runty stubby stunted Colloq pint-sized knee-high to a grasshopper sawn-off A short version of the book was published in paperback shortened brief concise compressed compendious compact pocket US vest-pocket abbreviated abridged cut He made a few short remarks that were very much to the point laconic terse succinct pithy sententious epigrammatic It is unnecessary to be so short with the staff abrupt curt terse sharp blunt bluff brusque sharp offhand gruff testy snappish discourteous uncivil impolite In reply to your request for permission to leave early, the short answer is 'No' direct straight straightforward short and sweet The hotel is short of clean linen because the laundry failed to deliver Usually short of deficient (in) lacking (in) needful (of) wanting inadequate shy (of) low (on) HQ had a short life but a happy one. I'll just make a short stop in here and will join you in a moment brief limited transitory temporary short-lived momentary quick transient I'm a bit short today and wonder if you could lend me some money? impecunious straitened pinched underfunded poor penniless deficient Good editors are in short supply these days in short supply rare scarce scanty unplentiful meagre sparse Colloq chiefly Brit thin on the ground Short of killing him, I am not sure what she could have done in the circumstances short of before failing excluding exclusive of barring eliminating precluding excepting except for leaving out apart from setting aside adverb She stopped short in the middle of the road and made me get out abruptly suddenly peremptorily without warning instantly unexpectedly hurriedly hastily out of the blue These grades fall short of our expectations, Bobby fall or come short fail be or prove inadequate or insufficient cut short I must cut my visit short because I have a train to catch a trim curtail shorten abbreviate cut I am sorry to cut you short, but it is getting on for midnight b stop cut off terminate cut in on break in on interrupt butt in noun He told me, in short, that there was no job and there never had been one in short briefly in a word all in all to make a long story short in a nutshell I usually wear shorts to play tennis shorts Bermuda shorts knee-breeches knee-pants hot pants
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