短い  は英語で
short

英語の定義

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brief	©
1. 形容詞. みじかい時間の。
a brief stop
短時間の停車
Her reign was brief but spectacular.
彼女の統治は短くはあったが壮大なものでした。
2. 形容詞. 簡潔な。
His speech of acceptance was brief but moving.
彼の就任演説は簡潔ではあるものの感動的なものでした。
3. 形容詞. （服などの丈が）短い。
Her skirt was extremely brief but doubtless cool.
彼女のスカートの丈はすごく短いけど間違いなくかっこいい。
4. 形容詞. (廃語 但し) 流行の。
5. 名詞. (法律) 準備書面。
6. 名詞. (法律, 英国法) 法廷書類を入れて持ち歩くフォルダ。
(drv):briefcase
7. 名詞. (法律) 訴訟事件。
8. 名詞. (by extension, figurative) 法律家。
9. 名詞. (俗語) 短報。短信。
10. 名詞. (廃語 但し) 要約、梗概。
11. 名詞. (英, historical) 教会で慈善寄付等を実施する事を認める許諾状。
12. 名詞. （通例複数形:briefs）丈の短い下履き。
日本語「ブリーフ」とは異なり男女用ともに指す。
13. 名詞. (俗語)入場券。
14. 名詞. ====(comps)====
15. 名詞. Brandeis brief
16. 名詞. control brief
17. 名詞. in brief
18. 動詞. (他動詞) 短く述べる。手短に言う。要約する。
The U.S. president was briefed on the military coup and its implications on African stability.
米大統領は、軍事クーデターとアフリカの安定に対しての影響について手短に説明された（最近では「ブリーフィングされた。」と訳す方がスマートか？）
19. 動詞. (他動詞, 法律) 訴訟書面を作成し、法廷に提出する。
20. 副詞. (廃語 但し, poetic) 手短に。
21. 副詞. (廃語 但し, poetic) すぐに。

brief	©
1. adj. Of short duration; happening quickly.
Her reign was brief but spectacular.
2. adj. Concise; taking few words.
His speech of acceptance was brief but moving.
3. adj. Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short.
Her skirt was extremely brief but doubtless cool.
4. adj. (obsolete) Rife; common; prevalent.
5. n. (legal) A writ summoning one to answer to any action.
6. n. (legal) An answer to any action.
7. n. (legal) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
8. n. (by extension, figurative) A position of interest or advocacy.
9. n. (legal) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
10. n. (English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who tries the case.
11. n. A short news story or report.
12. n. (usually plural) undershorts briefs.
I wear boxers under trousers but for sports I usually wear a brief.
13. n. (obsolete) A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.
14. n. (historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
15. n. (slang) A ticket of any type.The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
16. v. To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
The U.S. president was briefed on the military coup and its implications on African stability.
17. v. (transitive, legal) To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.
18. adv. (obsolete, poetic) Briefly.
19. adv. (obsolete, poetic) Soon; quickly.

short	©
1. 形容詞. （距離、時間ともに）みじかい。
The post-1989 era is the world which changes in a short cycle.
1989年以後の時代は、短い周期で変化する世界である。
2. 形容詞. 手短てみじかな。簡潔な。（前置詞「for」を後続させて）略称。短縮形。
'USA' is short for the 'United States of America'.
「USA」は「United States of America」の略称である。
3. 形容詞. 背のひくい。
4. 形容詞. とぼしい。不足した。（後続する前置詞は「of」となる。）
He is short of sensitivity.
彼は感受性に乏しい。
5. 形容詞. 無愛想な。
6. 副詞. 不足して。
7. 副詞. 突然、急に。
8. 名詞. （電気の）ショート、短絡。
9. 名詞. 短編映画。

short	©
1. adj. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
2. adj. (of a person) Of comparatively little height.
3. adj. Having little duration; opposite of long.
Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it's been at least twenty minutes long.
4. adj. (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".
5. adj. (cricket, of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.
6. adj. (cricket, of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.
7. adj. (golf, of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.
8. adj. (of pastries and metals) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of too much shortening. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust.)
9. adj. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
He gave a short answer to the question.
10. adj. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
a short supply of provisions
11. adj. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking.
to be short of money
The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift.
12. adj. Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
an account which is short of the truth
13. adj. (obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.
14. adj. Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
I'm short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.
15. adv. Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.
He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.
The boss got a message and cut the meeting short.
16. adv. Unawares.
The recent developments at work caught them short.
17. adv. Without achieving a goal or requirement.
His speech fell short of what was expected.
18. adv. (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
19. adv. (finance) With a negative ownership position.
We went short most finance companies in July.
20. n. A short circuit.
21. n. A short film.
22. n. Used to indicate a short-length version of a size
38 short suits fit me right off the rack.
Do you have that size in a short.
23. n. (baseball) A shortstop.
Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.
24. n. (finance) A short seller.
The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.
25. n. (finance) A short sale.
He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.
26. n. A summary account.
27. n. (phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
28. n. (programming) An integer variable shorter than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
29. v. To cause a short circuit in (something).
30. v. (intransitive) Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
31. v. To shortchange.
32. v. To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
This is the third time I've caught them shorting us.
33. v. (transitive, business) 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.
34. v. (obsolete) To shorten.
35. prep. Deficient in.
We are short a few men on the second shift.
He's short common sense.
36. prep. (finance) Having a negative position in.
I don't want to be short the market going into the weekend.

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