| 词汇 | be short with somebody |
| 释义 | be short with somebodybe short with somebody RUDE/IMPOLITEto speak to someone using very few words, in a way that seems rude or unfriendly 对某人说话简慢无礼 Sorry I was short with you on the phone this morning. 对不起，我今天上午在电话里怠慢了你。 Examples from the Corpus be short with somebody• Hatching time is short with fry appearing after 24 to 30 hours, and growing rapidly when fed with rotifers.• Farrar was short with livery lips and thick black eyebrows, and Something was prematurely bald and thought he was really cool.• He was short with me, in fact.• No wonder he was short with me over the phone.• He was short with one blue-black hand and the other arm half gone, ended cleanly just below the elbow.• Sorry I was short with you on the phone this morning. → be short with somebody at short1(7) |
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