short(film)

short(film)

• n.
  • the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
  • accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

    同义词：short circuit

  • the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

    同义词：shortstop

• v.
  • cheat someone by not returning him enough money

    同义词：short-change

  • create a short circuit in

    同义词：short-circuit

• adj.
  • primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

    "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months"

  • (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length

    "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"

  • low in stature; not tall

    "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"

  • not sufficient to meet a need

    "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"

    同义词：inadequatepoor

  • (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range

    "a short memory"

    同义词：unretentiveforgetful

  • not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices

    "a short sale"; "short in cotton"

  • of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration

    "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"

  • less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

    "regularly gives short weight"

    同义词：lightscant(p)

  • lacking foresight or scope

    "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"

    同义词：shortsightedunforesightfulmyopic

  • tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening

    "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust"

  • marked by rude or peremptory shortness

    "the salesgirl was very short with him"

    同义词：brusquebruskcurt

• adv.
  • quickly and without warning

    同义词：abruptlysuddenlydead

  • without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold

    "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"

  • clean across

    "the car's axle snapped short"

  • at some point or distance before a goal is reached

    "he fell short of our expectations"

  • so as to interrupt

    "She took him up short before he could continue"

  • at a disadvantage

    "I was caught short"

    同义词：unawares

  • in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

    "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it"

    同义词：curtlyshortly