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这条街道比那条短四倍。 This street is four times shorter than that one.
他的头发已剪短了。 His hair has been cut short.
这条裤子被改成了短裤。 This pair of pants was converted into shorts.
歉收引起食物严重短缺。 The bad harvest led to severe food shortage.
干旱少雨使原本就很严重的粮食短缺问题更加严重。 The lack of rain aggravated the already serious shortage of food.
便条简短的便条或备忘字条 A brief note or memorandum.
七十年代是超短裙时代。 It's an era of the miniskirt in the seventies.
她喜欢议论邻居们的是非长短。 She loves to gossip to her neighbors.
他只是短期外出--至多一周. He's only away for short periods a week at the longest.
西红柿的短缺提高了它的价格。 The shortage of tomatoes kept the prices up.
兴建新剧院的计画因资金短缺只好搁置起来. The plans for a new theatre have had to be shelved because of lack of money.
由于石油短缺, 任何一种新能源都会受欢迎。 Any new source of energy will be welcome, as there is a shortage of petroleum.
主席的简短陈辞概括了委员会的观点. The chairman's short statement encapsulates the views of the committee.
短期内我们会赔钱，但从长远看，利润将会是丰厚的。 In the short term we will lose money, but in the long term the profits will be very large.
他们与雇主达成的协议是他们在工资方面降低要求, 但每周工时要缩短. The bargain they reached with their employers was to reduce their wage claim in return for a shorter working week.
吊架一根从两根平行的绳子悬挂下来的水平的短棍，用于体育锻炼或杂技表演 A short horizontal bar suspended from two parallel ropes, used for exercises or for acrobatic stunts.
寓言一种通常短小的故事，用来表示启发或谨慎的观点，常利用说话或有人的行为的动物为角色 A usually short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often employing as characters animals that speak and act like human beings.
有些工程师认为，既然为这一系统起作用已付出如此巨大的努力，明智的做法是短期内将这项工作继续下去，而不是从头再来。 Some engineers take the view that since so much effort has been put into making this system work it would be sensible in the short term to continue the same line rather than start afresh.
图形记录便显示了在短的间隙内先后到达的三种波。 The graphic record shows three waves arriving one after the other at short intervals.
她试图用清洁剂来除他短上衣上面的污痕，但搓洗不掉。 The tried to remove the mark from his jacket with a cleaning fluid, but it wouldn't rub out.
他们因资源短缺处境窘迫. They were handicapped by (a) poverty of resources.
哪一条河流是它们之中最短的？ Which river is the shortest among them?
晚霞；余晖日落后，天空中的大气所发散出的短暂光辉 The atmospheric glow that remains for a short time after sunset.
在自己的影片里短暂露面是阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克的特点。 Appearing briefly in his own films was a trademark of Alfred Hitchcock.
矮小的人身材短小的人 A person small in stature.
线路上有短路需要换线. The wiring is faulty and needs to be replaced.
战争的持续意味着食品短缺。 Continuance of the war will mean shortage of the food.
战时的艰苦包括食物配给和燃料短缺. Wartime austerities included food rationing and shortage of fuel.
排练常在戏剧制作早期进行的短暂的排练，如关于某剧或某角色的排练 A brief rehearsal, as of a play or role, performed usually in an early stage of production.
该剧经删去两场而缩短了. The play was shortened by the omission of two scenes.
衰变的具有相对较短的寿命而衰变，常用于亚原子粒子 Decaying with relatively short lifetime. Used of subatomic particles.
被有短毛或柔软绒毛的 Covered with short hairs or soft down.
先把尺寸量好, 再把木材锯成所需长短. First measure (it) up, then cut the timber to the correct length.
他卑鄙地剥削穷人，要他们为他工作，却短付工资。 He dishonorably exploited the poor by making them work for less pay.
只要有更短而又直接通往灭亡的大道，这世上就可省却不少悲哀与忧愁的吧。 If there only some shorter and more direct route to the devil, it would save an awful lot of sorrow and anxiety in this world.
鱼离开水後活得时间很短. Fish can survive for only a short time out of water.
最后她终于想到了写字，用一只蹄子把她的名字－－很短的一个名字－－划在沙地上。 At length she bethought herself of writing, and inscribed her name-it was a short one-with her hoof on the sand.
挛缩一种异常且常为永久性的缩短，如肌肉或瘢痕组织，会导致扭曲或变形，特别是身体关节处 An abnormal, often permanent shortening, as of muscle or scar tissue, that results in distortion or deformity, especially of a joint of the body.
每人都有自己的长处和短处。 Everyone has his own strong and weak points.
他给了她一个简短生硬的回答. He gave her a short answer.
她回答得太简短, 给减了分. She was marked down because her answers were too short.
在短暂的休息之后他们继续锻炼。 They carried on the exercise after a short break.
这篇文章很短, 只能对这一问题作肤浅的探讨. This essay is so short that it can only scratch the surface of the topic.
活页文选小短文或专题论文，常关于一个流行的题目，出版时未经装订 A short essay or treatise, usually on a current topic, published without a binding.
由终端操作员或计算机发送的字符或其它的短报文，用以指出已经收到前一报文。 By a terminal operator or computer;to send a character or other message to indicate that the previous message has been received.
献身的一种短暂的宗教服务 A short religious service.
这家杂志刊登了一个中学生所写的短篇小说。 The magazine publish a short story write by a high school student.
一连串的持续跳动以数量短促而突然的变化为特征的一系列间歇性出现 Any of a series of intermittent occurrences characterized by a brief, sudden change in a quantity.
这包应装有十个螺丝钉, 可是短了两个. This packet is supposed to contain ten screws, but it's two short.
波浪起伏的显示短而杂乱的波浪的，比如在海潮中 Exhibiting short, jumbled waves, as a tidal rip.
简短的旋律一种简短的旋律，和着同一种调子演唱或吟诵一组音节和歌词 A short, simple melody in which a number of syllables or words are sung on or intoned to the same note.
柴油潜艇在水下只能航行非常短的时间，而核潜艇在水下航行的时间要长得多。 A diesel submarine is able to cruise under water for a short period of time, but a nuclear one is able to cruise under water much longer.
长音节的拆分或替换一个韵律元素替代另一个，尤指在数量韵文中用两个短音节替代一个长音节 The substitution of one metrical unit for another, especially the substitution of two short syllables for one long syllable in quantitative verse.
切换镜头一种中断电影的主要情节画面的连续性的简短镜头，通常用来描绘相关事件或可能同时发生的情节 A brief shot that interrupts the visual continuity of the main action of a film, often to depict related matter or supposedly concurrent action.
寿命存在时间长短；年代 Length of existence; age.
短暂的时尚：流行一时的狂热 A short-lived popular fashion; a fad.
瞬间一个短暂的、不确定的时间间隔 A brief, indefinite interval of time.
我们怎样才能延长短促的人生？ How can we endeavor to prolong the brevity of human life?
短暂的仅限于一个插曲持续的时间；短暂的 Limited to the duration of an episode; temporary.
一阵烟空气、蒸汽或烟雾短促而突然的散发 A brief, sudden emission of air, vapor, or smoke.
养老金的多少取决於为公司服务年限的长短. Size of pension depends on length of service with the company.
他在短短的一生中, 从小偷小摸到杀人, 什麽罪都犯过. In his short life he had run the entire gamut of crime, from petty theft to murder.
从尿布到尊严、又从尊严到解体，只不过是短短的一段岁月而已。 It is but a few short years from diaper to dignity and from dignity to decomposition.
作者设法追溯了许多事件，在这些事件中，由于离奇的机遇，使女主角与这一家庭有了短时间的接触。 The author has managed to trace many incidents in which the long arm of confidence brought the heroine in fleeting touch with the members of the family.
竖琴一种有一个通常系有四十六根长短不一的琴弦的直立的开放三角架、弹奏时用手指拨动琴弦的乐器 An instrument consisting of an upright, open triangular frame with usually46 strings of graded lengths played by plucking with the fingers.
嗜眠病以突然的和不由自主的，虽然通常短暂的深度睡眠发作，有时伴随有麻痹和幻觉为特征的一种紊乱 A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable, though often brief, attacks of deep sleep, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations.
英国习语，英国特有用词，英国式的语言现象英语，尤其是在英语口语中所特有的单词、短语或习惯用语；英国式语言现象 A word, a phrase, or an idiom peculiar to the English language, especially as spoken in England; a Briticism.
闪光泡一种内部装有铝箔或镁箔的精细碎片的玻璃灯泡，用电点燃以发出短暂的高强度闪光，从而拍摄照片 A glass bulb filled with finely shredded aluminum or magnesium foil that is ignited by electricity to produce a short-duration high-intensity light flash for taking photographs.