shortage /'ʃɒ:tidʒ/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- (n.) an acute insufficiency
Chinese translation
- n. 不足, 缺乏
- [化] 缺额
Word details
- Part of speech
- noun
- Pronunciation
- /'ʃɒ:tidʒ/
- Syllables
- 2
- Exam levels
- CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS
- Frequency
- Zipf 3.91 · Common
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short · shortly · shore · shorts · shorten · shortcut · shorthand · shortfall
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