Translation

• short
• brief
• to lack
• weak point
• fault

Synonyms

• 先天不足, 弱点, 弱项, 欠缺, 毛病, 瑕, 瑕玷, 瑕疵, 疵, 疵点, 疵瑕, 症结, 短处, 缺欠, 缺点, 缺陷, 老毛病, 败笔, 通病
• 短出出, 短小, 短巴巴, 短撅撅, 短短的, 短粗
• 一朝, 一朝一夕, 不久, 为期不远, 五日京兆, 兔子尾巴长不了, 即期, 在望, 墨迹未干, 好景不长, 尸骨未寒, 局促, 急促, 指日可待, 曾几何时, 浅, 短促, 短命, 短暂, 短短, 短跑
• 不够, 乏, 亏, 匮缺, 少, 差, 欠, 短少, 短斤缺两, 短欠, 短缺, 紧缺, 缺, 缺乏, 缺失, 缺少, 缺欠

Examples

• 他把头发剪短了。
  He had his hair cut short.
• 到那里有比较短的路吗？
  Is there a shorter road to get there?
• 人生十分短暂。
  Life is very short.
• 2月我们有个短期休假。
  We had a short vacation in February.
• 燃料短缺。
  There was a shortage of fuel.
• Jane在运动会之前把头发剃短了。
  Jane had her hair cut short before the athletic meeting.
• 兔子有长耳朵和短尾巴。
  A rabbit has long ears and a short tail.
• 人生十分短暂，我们不应该浪费时间。
  Life being very short, we ought not to waste time.
• 要完成实验，三个月太短了。
  Three months is too short a time to finish the experiment.
• 我一直忙于写一部短篇小说。
  I have been busy writing a short story.