v. ) jiànzhùwù、 qìchē、 fúzhuāngděngtōngchángshìwéimǒuzhǒngyòngtúduǎnqīshǐyòng a building, car, suit, etc, usually for a short period and for a particular purpose *hire (out
duǎnzàndejǐnxiànyúyīgèchāqǔchíxùdeshíjiān; duǎnzànde Limited to the duration of an episode; temporary.
kěxīzhèxiēwénhuàrècháodōushìduǎnzànde, guòhòuyòuhuīfùchángtài。 Such large-scale activities have drawn many participants and created much awareness and enthusiasm, which alas, tend to be short-lived and cannot be sustained.
yínchàngshèngjīngyǐnzì《 shǐtúshūxìn》 hé《 fúyīnshū》 zhījiāndeyòngyúyínchàngdeyīduànshèngjīngduǎnwén A biblical text sung between the Epistle and the Gospel of the Mass.
duǎndǎogàozàitèdìngrìzǐlǐsuǒniàndeduǎndezhèngshìdeqídǎowén A brief formal prayer that is used in various Western liturgies before the epistle and that varies with the day.
jìbǐshìchángbǐdàiduǎndeshíjiāndānwèi A unit of time, longer than an epoch and shorter than an era.
gāngguǒfēizhōuzhōngxībùyīguójiā, zàidàxīyánghǎi 'ànyòuhěnduǎndehǎi 'ànxiàn。 tāzài 1960 niándúlìqiánshìfǎshǔchìdàofēizhōudeyībùfēn。 bùlācháiwéi 'ěrshìqíshǒudūyěshìzuìdàchéngshì。 rénkǒu 1, 912, 429 A country of west-central Africa with a short coastline on the Atlantic Ocean. It was part of French Equatorial Africa before becoming independent in1960. Brazzaville is the capital and the largest city. Population,1, 912, 429.
yǔchūnfēnhuòqiūfēn( zhòuyèchángduǎnyīzhì) yòuguān。 relating to an equinox (when the lengths or night and day are equal).
èrfēnshíkèyītiānzhōngtàiyángtōngguòtiānchìdàodeliǎnggèshíkèzhōngderènyīshíkè, cǐshízhòuyèchángduǎnjīhūxiāngděng; chūnfēnhuòqiūfēn Either of the two times during a year when the sun crosses the celestial equator and when the length of day and night are approximately equal; the vernal equinox or the autumnal equinox.
hánhúqícídeduǎnyǔyìyìmóhúde、 duǎnyǔ、 biǎodá An equivocal word, phrase, or expression.
báitiānbiàndéyuèláiyuèduǎn。 The day becomes more and more short(ly)er.
zàihěnduǎndeshíjiānnèi, jiùshǐmàiyínzhèzhǒngzàijiùzhōngguólǚjìnbùjué、 yánzhòngcuīcánfùnǚshēnxīnhéwǔrǔfùnǚréngédeshèhuìgùjíjuéjì, shèhuìmiànmàowéizhīyīxīn。 In a very short period of time, the sale of sex, a chronic social malady that seemed impossible to eradicate in old China and which seriously damaged the physical and mental health of women and degraded their dignity, disappeared, enabling society to take on a brand-new outlook.
huī 'ézhùhóngquèyīzhǒngdàxíng, yòuguāndequèkēmíngniǎo( huī 'ézhùhóngquèhóngjiāozuǐniǎoshǔ) chǎnyúmòxīgēyǐjíměiguóxīnánbù, chángyòuhuīsèhéhóngsèdeyǔmáoyǐjíduǎnércūdehuì A large, crested finch(Pyrrhuloxia sinuata) of Mexico and the southwest United States, having gray and red plumage and a short, thick bill.
zhòuwén, zhòuyǔbiànxìfǎderénchángyòngdewúyìyìdecíhuòduǎnyǔ Nonsense words or phrases used as a formula by quack conjurers.
yīzhǒngsìpāidewǔtīngwǔdǎo; yóuduǎnhékuàihémànhékuàigùdìngdeshùnxùzǔchéng。 a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences.
sìzhōupāotiàoshìfǒuhuìchūxiànzàizìyóuhuábǐsàizhōngjiàngqǔjuéyúduǎnjiémùbǐsàidejiēguǒhétāmenzàizìyóuhuáchōuqiānzhōngdezuìhòujiēguǒ。 Whether the quadruple Sal chow throw will show up in the free program will depend on what happens in the short program and what draw they get for the free program.
guòyǎnyānyúnxūhuànde、 bùxiànshídehuòduǎnzàncúnzàidedōngxī Something that is airy, insubstantial, or passing.
chún 'ānshǔjiùdàlùdeyīzhǒngxiǎodeduǎncūwěide 'ānchún( ānchún), jùyòushāsèdeyòutiáowéndeyǔmáo, tōngchángyòngyúshíyànshìdeyánjiūgōngzuò A small, stub-tailed Eurasian quail(Coturnix coturnix) having sandy, streaked plumage and commonly used in laboratory research.
45. diǎnxíngde 'ānchúndūchángyòuduǎnéryuándechìbǎng, píngcǐtāmenkěyǐzàishòujīngshíyīyuè 'érqǐ, fēilítāmendeduǒcángdì。 45. Quails typically have short rounded wings that enable them to spring into full flight instantly when disturbed in their hiding places.
chārùchéngfèn, chārùcízàishūxiězhōngchārùdeyǔshàngxiàwéndeyǔfǎjiégòuméiyòuguānxìdexiàndìnghuòbǔchōngdecí、 duǎnyǔhuòjùzǐ A qualifying or amplifying word, phrase, or sentence inserted within written matter in such a way as to be independent of the surrounding grammatical structure.
yīnjiéchángduǎnzàiyīnliàngdeshīgēzhōngmǒuyīnjiédeyīncháng The duration of a syllable in quantitative verse.
ruòyīnjiéyīnbùzhōngduǎndehuòfēizhòngdúdebùfēn, yóuzhǐzàichángduǎnbùshīzhōng The short or unaccented part of a metrical foot, especially in quantitative verse.
mòlèbiǎoshìshíjiāndejiélǜxìtǒngzhōngzuìxiǎodeyīnjiédānwèi, qíshíjiānzhíxiāngdāngyúyīgèpǔtōngduǎnyīnjié The minimal unit of metrical time in quantitative verse, equal to the short syllable.
chángyīnjiédechāifēnhuòtìhuànyīgèyùnlǜyuánsùtìdàilìngyīgè, yóuzhǐzàishùliàngyùnwénzhōngyòngliǎnggèduǎnyīnjiétìdàiyīgèchángyīnjié The substitution of one metrical unit for another, especially the substitution of two short syllables for one long syllable in quantitative verse.
duǎnliàngxiǎn Risk of shortage in weight/quantity
èrzhějiéméngyùjìjiāngsuōduǎnkūnténggōngsīkāifādehuánbǎoqìchējìshùdàguīmótóufàngshìchǎngdeshíjiān。 The alliance is expected to shorten the time to mass market commercialisation of vehicles using the environmentally-friendly technology being developed by Quantum.
yìxiǎngbùdàodeduǎnquēshǐniúnǎijiàgéyīkuātuōměngdìshàngzhǎngliǎohǎojǐměifēn Unexpected shortages jumped milk prices by several cents a quart.
duǎnjùlídecìyīnsùdekèjī。 a subsonic jet airliner operated over short distances.
jīnguǎnjúfāxínggèngduōjiàochángqīdewàihuìjījīnzhàiquàn, dàitìduǎnqīzhàiquàn, yǐjídìngqīyùxiāngōngbùwàihuìjījīnzhàiquànjìdùfāxíngshíjiānbiǎo, jūnguǎngshòushìchǎnghuānyíng。 The replacement of short-dated Exchange Fund paper by longer-dated paper and the publication of an advance quarterly issuance schedule of Exchange Fund paper were well received by the market.
bùguǎnhángchéngduōmóduǎn , zhèyībānjīshàngdōuyòuxiēchīde . However short the journey is, you always get something to eat on this airline.
duǎnchánggéwǔbùgéshīzhōngdesìxíngshī, yùnshìshì abab。 a quatrain in iambic pentameter with abab rhyme scheme.
bāokuòsāngèsìxíngshībìngqiěyǐduǎnchánggéwǔbùgéshīdeduìjùjiéwěi, yùnlǜmóshìwéi ababcdcdefefgg deshísìxíngshī。 a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg.
bāokuòsāngèsìxíngshībìngqiěyǐduǎnchánggéwǔbùgéshīdeduìjùjiéwěi, yùnlǜmóshìwéi ababbcbdcdcdee deshísìxíngshī。 a sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab bcbd cdcd ee.