Signification visuelle de 'shortest'? - apprendre avec des images, exemples du quotidien

adjective

Le plus court

Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.

"The red crayon is the shortest crayon in the box. "

Le crayon rouge est le crayon le plus court de la boîte.

appearance

adjective

Petit, de petite taille

(of a person) Of comparatively small height.

"Of all the students in her class, Maria is the shortest. "

De tous les élèves de sa classe, Maria est la plus petite.

appearance body person

adjective

Le plus court

Having little duration.

"Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it’s been at least twenty minutes long."

Notre réunion a duré six courtes minutes aujourd'hui. Chaque jour, le mois dernier, elle a duré au moins vingt minutes.

time amount

adjective

Abrégé (de)

(followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).

"“Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possible"."

« Phone » est l'abréviation de « telephone » et « asap » est l'abréviation de « as soon as possible ».

grammar language word

adjective

Court, proche

(of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.

"The shortest fielding position on the infield was occupied by the second baseman, right next to the base. "

La position de champ la plus courte à l'intérieur du terrain était occupée par le deuxième but, juste à côté de la base.

sport position

adjective

Court

(of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.

"The shortest bounce from the ball during practice was the one that landed farthest away from the batter. "

Le rebond le plus court de la balle pendant l'entraînement était celui qui a atterri le plus loin du batteur.

sport

adjective

Court

(of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.

""Her shortest putt rolled only halfway to the hole, leaving her a tricky second shot." "

Son putt le plus court n'a roulé qu'à mi-chemin du trou, ce qui lui a laissé un deuxième coup délicat.

sport

adjective

Friable

(of pastries) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of a large quantity of fat. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening.)

"The baker explained that the pie crust was wonderfully shortest because he had used plenty of butter. "

Le boulanger a expliqué que la pâte à tarte était merveilleusement friable parce qu'il avait utilisé beaucoup de beurre.

food quality

adjective

Bref, brusque, sec

Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.

"He gave a short answer to the question."

Il a donné une réponse brève à la question.

attitude character emotion

adjective

Le plus court, le plus bref

Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.

"a short supply of provisions"

Une provision de provisions la plus courte.

amount quality condition

adjective

Insuffisant, inadéquat, déficient

Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.

"Due to being shortest on funds this month, the family decided to skip their usual weekend trip. "

En raison d'un manque de fonds ce mois-ci, la famille a décidé de renoncer à son voyage habituel du week-end.

economy business finance condition

adjective

Déficient, insuffisant

Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.

"an account which is short of the truth"

Un compte rendu qui manque de vérité.

quality amount

adjective

Pur, non coupé

Undiluted; neat.

"He drank his coffee shortest, without any milk or sugar. "

Il a bu son café pur, sans lait ni sucre.

drink

adjective

Le plus proche, le plus court

Not distant in time; near at hand.

"The shortest path to success is through hard work and dedication. "

Le chemin le plus court vers le succès passe par le travail acharné et le dévouement.

time

adjective

Être à découvert

Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.

"The hedge fund took the shortest possible position on the overvalued tech stock, expecting its price to fall. "

Le fonds spéculatif a pris une position à découvert sur l'action technologique surévaluée, s'attendant à ce que son prix baisse.

business finance economy