Selling short
[经] 卖空
🧩 词语组成解析
a. 卖的, 销路好的, 出售的\\n[经] 卖盘, 出售, 销路好
short
[ʃɔːrt]
adj. 短的，短暂的;矮的;短缺的;短期的;
adv. 突然;唐突地;简短地;横贯地;
n. 短裤;短路;缺乏;
vt. 故意少给…的零头，骗取;
vi. 短路;
🗣️ 情景例句
Give me a scotch on the rocks.
给我杯加冰的苏格兰威士忌。
She won a scholarship to the state university.
她获得就读洲立大学的奖学金。
Among these I would list string and brown paper, kept by thrifty people when a parcel has been opened, to save buying these two requisites.
这些东西中我想举出线绳和包装纸为例。节俭的人们打开包裹后便把这两样必备的东西收藏起来。省得日后去买。