shorter

英 [ˈʃɔːtə]

美 [ˈʃɔrtər]

adv.  缺少; 不足; 未达到; 不及; 中间(打断); 过早地(终止)
adj.  短的; 个子矮的; 短期的; 短暂的
short的比较级

双语例句

• The days get shorter after the Summer Solstice.
  过了夏至，天就开始变短。
• A cover letter should never exceed one page; often a far shorter letter will suffice.
  附信不应超过一页，通常来说，一封相对非常简短的信就足够了。
• The days get longer and the nights get shorter.
  白天变长了，黑夜变短了。
• Blue light has a shorter wavelength than red.
  蓝光的波长比红光的短。
• Nope. He's too short. He's an inch shorter.
  不，他太矮了，他比玛丽.贝思矮了一英寸。
• Meanwhile, in the control group telomeres generally were shorter than they had been six months before.
  与此同时，控制组志愿者的端粒总体来说比六个月前更短了。
• A cape is similar to a cloak, but it is usually shorter.
  披肩同斗篷相似，但通常更短些。
• One sentence shorter is always better than one sentence longer.
  一个短一点的句子总比一个长一点的句子好。
• Today's slightly shorter race could well help to tip the scales in his favour
  今天距离稍短的赛跑可能会对他占据优势大有助益。
• I will strive for a shorter distortion at this time.
  这一次，我会努力使扭曲减少。