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

• We would rather have less pay and shorter hours than have better pay and longer hours.
  我们宁可薪水少而工作时间短，也不愿薪水高工作时间长。
• 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。
• When the journey may have been shorter and easier.
  那时候的旅程应该会是较短和较容易。
• The shorter children are to sit at the front.
  个子矮的孩子坐在前边。
• A sidereal day is about 4 minutes shorter than a solar day.
  一个恒星日比一个太阳日大约短4分钟。
• The union had sought a wage increase and a shorter work week.
  工会寻求增加工资，缩短每周工作时间。
• The thermal radiation of shorter wavelengths than the visible are called ultraviolet.
  波长短于可见光的辐射称紫外线。
• Bess was self-conscious about being shorter than her two friends.
  贝丝因比她的两个朋友个子都矮而感到很不自在。
• Increasing unionization led to demands for higher wages and shorter hours.
  随着工会越来越壮大，有了提高工资、缩短工作时间的要求。
• Setting this attribute lower or higher makes sort keys shorter or longer, respectively.
  将这个属性设置得更低或更高会分别使排序键变短或变长。