shortest
最短,最短的,最短时间,最短的一次
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short·er, short·est.
- : having little length; not long.
- : having little height; not tall: a short man.
- : extending or reaching only a little way: a short path.
- : brief in duration; not extensive in time:a short wait.
- : brief or concise, as writing.
- : rudely brief; abrupt; brusque: short behavior.
- : low in amount; scanty: short rations.
- : not reaching a point, mark, target, or the like; not long enough or far enough.
- : below the standard in extent, quantity, duration, etc.: short measure.
- : having a scanty or insufficient amount of: He was short in experience.
- : being below a necessary or desired level; lacking: The office is short due to winter colds and flu.
- : Cooking. crisp and flaky; breaking or crumbling readily from being made with a large proportion of butter or other shortening. containing a relatively large amount of shortening.
Phrases
- short and sweet
- short end of the stick, the
- short for
- short haul
- short notice, on
- short of
- short order
- short run
- short shrift, give
- by the short hairs
- caught short
- cut short
- fall short
- for short
- in brief (short)
- in short order
- in short supply
- in the long (short) run
- life is too short
- long and short of it
- long (short) haul
- make a long story short
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
At an even five feet tall, Catanzaro is the shortest competitor in this season of Ninja Warrior, but average for a gymnast.
Among all the monsters Godzilla fights in the movie, the battle with Zilla is the shortest.
He has 571,000 Twitter followers and has posted some of his shortest stories, just a few lines long, on Instagram.
Palin spoke for just 12 minutes, one of the shortest speeches of the day.
A.J. Clemente: F***in S*^$ The North Dakota news anchor may have set a record for shortest time on the job, any job.
It seeks the shortest phrase or sentence and adds successively all the modifiers, making no omissions.
Even the policeman who is paid to direct you, replies to your inquiry with the shortest and gruffest monosyllable that will do.
Short men liked short cuts, but, as Bacon said, the shortest way is commonly the foulest.
Though he knew it was risky he determined to stop and find out where he was and to inquire the shortest way to Palmyra.
Now this is merely the shortest and simplest form of a story, which is found practically all the world over.