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。

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

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。
You can take a short cut across the field.
你可以抄近道从田里穿过去。
Taking the short cut will save us nearly a kilometre.
抄近路走可以省却将近一公里。
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 can't take a short cut to finish this project.
我不能走快捷方式去完成目标。
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”。
They must have taken the short cut.
他们肯定抄近路了。
It is a short cut to use the free acid.
可走捷径，那就是使用游离的酸。
We were in a quiet street, taking a short cut.
当时我们是在一条寂静的街上，走的是条近路。
Instead of going round by the road, we came by a short cut.
我们没有走大路，而是抄了一条近道儿来。