1630s, from short (adj.) + sleeve. First recorded in an ordinance of Massachusetts Bay colony, forbidding "short sleeves, whereby the nakedness of the arme may be discovered."
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. I use the short-wave radio to get the latest war news.
我用短波收音機(jī)收聽(tīng)最新的戰(zhàn)事新聞。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. The letter was short — a simple recitation of their problem.
信寫(xiě)得很短——只是簡(jiǎn)單地說(shuō)了一下他們的問(wèn)題。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. They've come a long way in a short space of time.