short-haul

/shawrt-hawl/US // ˈʃɔrt ˈhɔl //

短途旅行,短途运输,短程,短途

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a relatively short period of time: For the short haul, he'll be able to get by on what he earns.
- : a relatively short distance or journey: The truck should be fine for such a short haul.
- : Nautical. the drawing up on shore of a vessel for a relatively short period, as for repairs or painting.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : Usually short-haul . noting or relating to travel or transport of freight or passengers over short distances, especially by truck or airplane: a short-haul trucking company;short-haul airlines.

as inshort-lived

Synonyms

“For sure you would do short haul, there’s no question about it, because the economics are in favor, everything is in favor,” says Venkat Viswanathan, a mechanical engineer at Carnegie Mellon University.
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
The precision it took to craft such a cohesive, wholly compelling work over 12 years is nothing short of remarkable.
In short, fatherhood gets little attention in policy debates.
But the qualities Mario Cuomo brought to public life—compassion, integrity, commitment to principle—remain in short supply today.
Amazing how people can still haul this one out with a straight face.
Sometimes the stems are quite bare; on other occasions they are partly branched; in any case the branches are short.
Many of their cannon balls that fell far short of us, were collected and returned to them with powerful effect.
He was tall and of familiar figure, and the firelight was playing in the tossed curls of his short, fair hair.
They are ovoid in shape, and lie in pairs, end to end, often forming short chains.
And since he was a very fast runner—for short distances—he met Grandfather Mole just as the old chap was crawling up the bank.

/shawrt-hawl/US // ˈʃɔrt ˈhɔl //

短途旅行,短途运输,短程,短途

n.名词 noun

1
- : a relatively short period of time: For the short haul, he'll be able to get by on what he earns.
- : a relatively short distance or journey: The truck should be fine for such a short haul.
- : Nautical. the drawing up on shore of a vessel for a relatively short period, as for repairs or painting.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : Usually short-haul . noting or relating to travel or transport of freight or passengers over short distances, especially by truck or airplane: a short-haul trucking company;short-haul airlines.

as inshort-lived

Synonyms

“For sure you would do short haul, there’s no question about it, because the economics are in favor, everything is in favor,” says Venkat Viswanathan, a mechanical engineer at Carnegie Mellon University.
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
The precision it took to craft such a cohesive, wholly compelling work over 12 years is nothing short of remarkable.
In short, fatherhood gets little attention in policy debates.
But the qualities Mario Cuomo brought to public life—compassion, integrity, commitment to principle—remain in short supply today.
Amazing how people can still haul this one out with a straight face.
Sometimes the stems are quite bare; on other occasions they are partly branched; in any case the branches are short.
Many of their cannon balls that fell far short of us, were collected and returned to them with powerful effect.
He was tall and of familiar figure, and the firelight was playing in the tossed curls of his short, fair hair.
They are ovoid in shape, and lie in pairs, end to end, often forming short chains.
And since he was a very fast runner—for short distances—he met Grandfather Mole just as the old chap was crawling up the bank.