short cut

英 [ʃɔːt kʌt]

美 [ʃɔːrt kʌt]

n.  近路; 捷径; (做某事的)快捷办法

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牛津词典

noun

• 近路；捷径
  a quicker or shorter way of getting to a place
  1. You can take a short cut across the field.
     你可以抄近道从田里穿过去。
• （做某事的）快捷办法，捷径
  a way of doing sth that is quicker than the usual way
  1. There are no short cuts to economic recovery.
     恢复经济无捷径可走。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 近路;捷径
  Ashort cutis a quicker way of getting somewhere than the usual route.
  1. I tried to take a short cut and got lost.
     我本来想抄近路，结果却迷路了。
• N-COUNT (做某事的)快捷办法，捷径
  Ashort cutis a method of achieving something more quickly or more easily than if you use the usual methods.
  1. Fame can be a shortcut to love and money...
     有了名气就容易收获爱情和金钱。
  2. There is no short cut from dictatorship to democracy.
     从独裁到民主没有捷径可走。
• N-COUNT (显示在计算机桌面上的)快捷方式(图标)
  On a computer, ashortcutis an icon on the desktop that allows you to go immediately to a program, document and so on.
  1. ...ways to move or copy icons or create shortcuts in Windows.
     在视窗操作系统中移动、复制图标或创建快捷方式的方法
• N-COUNT 快捷键
  On a computer, ashortcutis a keystroke or a combination of keystrokes that allows you to give commands without using the mouse.
  1. ...a handy keyboard shortcut that takes you to the top of the screen.
     可以实现回到屏幕顶端操作的很方便的键盘快捷键

双语例句

• My lovers and I had used the act as a short cut to intimacy.
  我的那些情人们和我把做爱当成了一种获得亲密的“快捷方式”。
• This paper gives a short cut method to derive from molecular speed distribution function in the molecular ray.
  给出了导得分子射线中分子速率分布函数的一种简捷方法。
• Following your intuition sometimes helps to find the short cut to success.
  跟随着自己的直觉有时候可以帮你找到通往成功的捷径。
• Bubbles simply supply a short cut for the faster-moving percolating gas.
  气泡不过是对快速运动的渗透气体提供了一条捷径。
• Are you sure there is no short cut?
  你确定没有近路吗？
• By my reckoning, this short cut will save us five mile.
  据我估计，我们走这条近道可少走五英里。
• I took a short cut across the field to get to school.
  我穿过田野抄近路去上学。
• Fortunately there is a short cut.
  幸好，有一条捷径。
• I can't take a short cut to finish this project.
  我不能走快捷方式去完成目标。
• But the latest Harvard discovery promises a further short cut, at least for some treatments.
  而哈佛大学的最新发现带来了更进一步的捷径，至少对一些治疗而言是这样。