a short about sth
short 作名词指“短片”，相当于 a short film。
We watched a short about the city's history.
我们看了一部关于这座城市历史的短片。
短路
shorts — plural of short
短片；游击手防守位置；游击手；卖空者；卖空交易或空头头寸
A short circuit; accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference.
短路
A short circuit.
游击手防守的位置
the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
短片
A short film.
电路中有电位差的两点意外接触
accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
特定尺码的短款服装
A short version of a garment in a particular size.
游击手的防守位置
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
游击手
A shortstop.
卖空者
A short seller.
卖空交易或空头头寸
A short sale or short position.
摘要账目
A summary account.
短音(如短元音)或短音节
A short phone (such as a vowel) or syllable.
取值范围小于普通整数的整数变量,通常为两个字节长
An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
We watched a short about wild animals at the film festival.
我们在电影节上看了一部关于野生动物的短片。
用法提示：此处 short 作名词，意为“短片”，a short 表示一部短片。
Her latest short won first prize in a local film competition.
她的最新短片在当地电影比赛中获得了一等奖。
用法提示：short 作名词“短片”，latest 修饰它，说明是“最新的短片”。
The theater showed several shorts before the main feature.
影院在主片放映前播放了几部短片。
用法提示：shorts 是 short 的复数形式，作名词，指多部短片。
short 作名词指“短片”，相当于 a short film。
We watched a short about the city's history.
我们看了一部关于这座城市历史的短片。
棒球中 short 指“游击手”或“游击手防守位置”。
She has played short for the team for three years.
她已经为这支球队打了三年游击手。
short 在此是 short circuit（短路）的简称。
A damaged wire caused a short in the circuit.
一根损坏的电线导致电路短路。
shorts 表示“短裤”时通常只用复数形式，搭配 a pair of 表示一条。
He bought a pair of shorts for the beach.
他为去海滩买了一条短裤。
short circuit 是 short 的完整形式，语气较正式；short 是口语化的缩略表达。
grammar · medium
易错句子I bought a short for the beach.
正确表达I bought shorts for the beach.
短裤是只有复数的名词，须用 shorts 或 a pair of shorts，不能说 a short。词典中 a short 可指短片或短路，但没有‘短裤’的意思。
grammar · medium
易错句子The circuit is short, so the lights went out.
正确表达The circuit has a short, so the lights went out.
表示‘短路’时，short 是名词，常用 have a short 表示‘发生短路’。The circuit is short 只能理解为‘电路很短’（长度短），不能表达‘短路’之意。
此处 short 作名词，指“短片（short film）”；其直接反义词是 feature（长片/故事片）。注意 short 另有“短路”“游击手防守位置”等名词义项，那些义项没有对应的反义词。
电路短路
An electrical short caused the blackout.
电路短路导致了停电。
动画短片
The animated short follows a lost puppy.
这部动画短片讲述了一只走失的小狗的故事。
一条短裤
She bought a pair of shorts for the beach.
她买了一条去海滩穿的短裤。
担任游击手
He played short in yesterday's game.
昨天那场比赛他担任游击手。
简而言之；总之
In short, the weather was beautiful and everyone enjoyed the trip.
简而言之，天气很好，大家都很享受这次旅行。
缩短；提前结束；打断
The meeting was cut short because of the fire alarm.
会议因火警而提前结束了。
未达到；不符合（标准或期望）
The film fell short of our expectations.
这部电影没有达到我们的期望。
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