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

• I know a short cut to town through the back streets.
  我知道走小街去镇上的捷径。
• 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。
• This short cut can assure you of arriving in time.
  抄近路可以保证你及时到达。
• 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。
• They must have taken the short cut.
  他们肯定抄近路了。
• 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。
• Taking the short cut will save us nearly a kilometre.
  抄近路走可以省却将近一公里。
• This is the short cut to the park.
  这是去公园的捷径。
• 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。
• Never taken a short cut before?
  以前没走过捷径吗？