Winter is coming and the days are getting shorter.
冬天来临,白天变短了。
For a short while (= a short time ) , the city functioned as the region’s capital.
这座城市曾经在很短的一段时间里是这个地区的首府。
I learned a lot during my short period as a junior reporter.
在当初级记者的这段短暂时间里,我学到了许多。
Germany achieved spectacular economic success in a relatively short period of time .
德国在相对较短的时间里取得了非凡的经济成就。
They met and married within a short space of time .
他们从相识到结婚时间很短。
I promise to keep the meeting short and sweet (= short in a way that is good, especially not talking for a long time ) .
我保证会议开得简短不拖拉。
For a few short weeks (= they seemed to pass very quickly ) the sun shone and the fields turned gold.
短短的几个星期里,阳光照耀,田野变成了一片金黄。
adj. 短的;不足的;急速的;唐突的
insufficient、
deficient、
lacking
adv. 不足;突然;唐突地
pop、
hardly more than
n. 短;缺乏;短路;短裤
deficiency、
need、
drought、
want、
default
adj. shortish
adv. shortly
n. shortage、 shortening、 shortness、 shortener
v. shortening
vi. shorten
vt. shorten