| 词汇 | shorted |
| 释义 | shorted past simple and past participle ofshort short verb uk /ʃɔːt/ us /ʃɔːrt/ shortverb (ELECTRICITY)[ I or T ] informal forshort-circuit: to have or cause a bad electrical connection that makes the current flow in the wrong direction, which often has the effect of stopping the power supply: 短路（同 short circuit） Circuit breakers shorted, which cut off power to safety systems throughout the plant. The plumber shorted the washing machine.水管工把洗衣机弄短路了。 Electrical components & circuitry accumulator AGM battery anode armature bandpass filter baseband chip cathode ray coil commutator conductor motherboard multicelled multiconductor negative pole number pad OLED photoresist photovoltaic cell relay transformer You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Faults and mistakes shortverb (TREAT UNFAIRLY)[ T ]US to treat someone unfairly, by giving them less than they deserve, or less than what is needed or usual: She calculated that many of the state's 176 school districts were being shorted a total of $161 million annually. He said the company has shorted him $500 in the past six months. Synonym shortchange Treating people or animals badly a raw dealidiom abuser anti-harassment at the hands of someoneidiom batten batten on someone hit someone where it hurtsidiom ill-treat ill-treatment ill-used impose prey prey on something put someone through something put upon tyranny uncared for use victimization victimize You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly shortverb (FINANCE)[ T ] to sell a share or currency that you have borrowed when you think its price is going to fall, with the intention of buying it back later at a lower price, then keeping the profit after paying back what you borrowed: At the time it was the market's most shorted stock - with traders staking more than £100 million on the share price falling. One famous example was when George Soros shorted the pound in 1992, and Britain was forced out of the European exchange rate mechanism. Stock markets algo anti-city anti-dilution anti-speculation anti-speculative arbitrageur asset-stripping broker capital investment carpetbagger equity gilt grubstake head fake hedging ICO inconvertible rentier stockbroker belt tender Examples of shortedshorted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Piezoelectric current from shunted and shorted guard-ring quartz gauges. This signal was shorted when the probe was stopped, so that it could be used for flutter compensation if needed. Nevertheless, the effective resistance remains unchanged if nodes of the same potential are shorted. I understand that the facts are practically as stated, save that the attendants' hours of duty are somewhat shorted in winter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They cannot be shorted so easily when farmers are not able to inspect them at every minute of the day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the rules are broken and safety equipment is shorted or switched off, one must be willing to pursue the matter in the courts, otherwise regulation becomes diminished. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A strong vibration of the feeler accompanied by a growling noise indicated that the coil is shorted. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The flooding shorted electrical panels and started fires. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He has also publicly criticized and shorted the stock of technology companies he believes are defrauding investors by misrepresenting their technology. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Others that could be shorted were also not tested. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A low-voltage current is sent through the track between the signals and is detected to determine whether the circuit is closed, open, or shorted. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By 1973, the highway had been shorted to 10.7 miles. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This race which was shorted to 235 miles from its originally-planned 300, due to deteriorating track conditions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Shorted failures and leakage due to increase of parallel parasitic resistance are the most common failure modes of capacitors, followed by open failures. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The inner petals are slightly shorted in length with a warted patch at base inside. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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