verb🔗Share短路，使短路。 To cause a short circuit in (something)."The spilled coffee is shorting the keyboard, so it's not working properly. "洒出来的咖啡正在使键盘短路，所以它工作不正常了。electronicstechnicalelectrictechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share短路 Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit."The old lamp started flickering and then stopped working; it seemed like it was shorting out. "那盏旧灯开始闪烁，然后就停止工作了；好像是短路了。electronicselectrictechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share少给，短斤缺两 To shortchange."The cashier shorting customers is a serious issue in that store. "那家店收银员少给顾客钱，短斤缺两是个很严重的问题。businessfinanceeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share短斤少两, 缺斤短两. To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount."This is the third time I’ve caught them shorting us."这 已经 是 我 第三 次 抓 到 他们 缺斤短两 了。businesscommerceeconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share做空，卖空。 To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short."Because he believed the company's stock price would fall, John was shorting shares of ABC Corp. "因为约翰认为这家公司的股票价格会下跌，所以他正在做空ABC公司的股票。businessfinanceeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share缩短，使变短。 To shorten."The tailor is shorting the pants because they are too long. "裁缝正在把裤子改短，因为裤子太长了。languagegrammarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
