"short" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

short adjetivo

short + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 688
short story • short time • short film • short period • short distance • short term • short supply • short notice • short hair • short run • ...
verbo + short
Kolokacji: 20
fall short • cut short • stop short • grow shorter • run short • sell short • ...
adverbio + short
Kolokacji: 63
relatively short • far short • fairly short • extremely short • slightly shorter • well short • somewhat shorter • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 13
(1) relatively, comparatively
Kolokacji: 2
(4) extremely, exceedingly
Kolokacji: 2
(10) increasingly, progressively
Kolokacji: 2
1. equally short = tak samo krótki equally short
2. proportionally shorter = proporcjonalnie krótszy proportionally shorter
  • Humans have proportionately shorter palates and much smaller teeth than other primates.
  • The head is proportionately shorter and narrower, and the nostrils relatively farther from the snout tip, than in G. melastomus.
  • Confuciusornis - like features include that the finger bones were proportionately shorter than the metacarpals, unlike in Archaeopteryx (Lee et al. 2001).
  • Sables greatly resemble pine martens in size appearance, but have more elongated heads, longer ears and proportionately shorter tails.
  • You can, of course, make smaller puffs, cooking them a proportionately shorter time, and serve several per person.
  • For one, Scaphognathus had a proportionately shorter skull (4.5 in) with a blunter tip and a larger antorbital fenestra.
  • The legs are proportionately shorter than those of other cats, the ears are set very low and wide apart, and it has unusually short claws.
  • In addition to being smaller than a horse, their legs are proportionately shorter.
  • The legs were proportionately shorter than those of other related and less flexible bovids, which did not make Myotragus balearicus exceptionally fast.
  • Compared to Bronchocela, Calotes have a proportionately shorter tail and limbs.
(13) blessedly, damned
Kolokacji: 2
short + preposición
Kolokacji: 12
short of • short on • short for • short by • short in • ...

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