short

short
I [ʃɔːt] adj
1) короткий, невысокий, небольшого роста, небольшого размера

The coat is too (rather, very) short for me. — Пальто мне слишком (довольно, очень) коротко.

I took a short cut through the fields. — Я пошел напрямик через поле.

You may call me Ned for short. — Зови меня для краткости Нед.

- short stick
- a short distance
- short dress
- short skirt
- a short letter
- short note
- short hair
- short fingers
- short person
- short grass
- short tower
- short tree
- short waves
- short story
- short cut
- shortest road to the village
- take a short cut
- Tom is short for Thomas
2) короткий, недолгий, непродолжительный

His life was short. — Он недолго прожил.

The days are getting short. — Дни становятся короче.

Time is getting short. — Остается мало времени.

- short day
- short night
- short time ago
- short winter
- short visit
- for a short time
- in short
- at short interval
- be short and to the point
- cut the long story short
- take a short holiday from work
- be on short time
- work short hours
3) резкий, грубый

He was short in his answer. — Он был резок в своем ответе. /Он резко ответил. .

- short manner
- short answer
- be short with smb
II [ʃɔːt] adj
недостаточный

I'm short of time. — Мне не хватает времени.

I have run short of sugar. — У меня вышел весь сахар.

- be short of money
USAGE:
See lack, v

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  • Short — Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear extension; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • short — [shôrt] adj. [ME < OE scort, akin to ON skort, short piece of clothing, OHG scurz, short < IE * (s)kerd < base * (s)ker , to cut, SHEAR < CURT] 1. not extending far from end to end; not long or not long enough 2. not great in span,… …   English World dictionary

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