Brief in time.

时间短促的。

Having little length; not tall.

短的；矮的。

Limited in distance; not covering much ground or space.

近的；距离不远的。

Scant; deficient; inadequate.

缺少的；欠缺的；不足的。

Curt; abrupt; uncivil.

无礼的；唐突的；粗野的。

Crisp; crumbly.

脆的；易碎的。

As applied to any of the English vowels a, e, i, o, u, sounded as in hat, met, sit, hot, but.

短母音的(如 hat,met,sit,hot,but 中之 a,e,i,o,u 等音)。

Not lengthy, or drawn out in content or style; abbreviated.

不冗长的；简明的；缩短的。

Payable at an early date.

短期的；即将兑现的。

Abruptly; suddenly; curtly.

唐突地；骤然地；简略地。

At a disadvantage.

处境不利地。

Milled grain somewhat finer than bran.

[~s] 较麦麸更细之谷粒。

The goods, stocks, etc., sold on short sales.

[~s] 【商】卖空之商品、证券(等)。

Knee-length or less than knee-length trousers.

[~s] 及膝短裤；短裤。

Short-circuit.

短路。

Short describes something of limited duration and may also suggest incompleteness or be used in the sense of abrupt.

Short 指时间短，含有不完全或突然之意：

Brief and short are interchangeable when used to refer to duration.

Brief 与 short 指时间之长短时，可交替而用：

Concise and terse refer to manner or style in speech or writing.

Concise 及terse 指说话之态度及文章之体裁。

Concise describes something decisively brief.

Concise指简要：

Terse adds to concise the idea of smoothness and polish.

Terse 较concise更有流畅及优雅之意。

Curt may denote concise or it may mean short in the sense of rudely abrupt.

Curt或与concise同义，或含戛然而止之义。