short cut

英 [ʃɔːt kʌt]

美 [ʃɔːrt kʌt]

n.  近路; 捷径; (做某事的)快捷办法

Collins.1

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”。
• I can't take a short cut to finish this project.
  我不能走快捷方式去完成目标。
• 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。
• There is a short cut across the field.
  从地里穿过去是条近路。
• Some of them have the idea that this is a short cut to a fast expatriate package.
  他们当中的一些人认为，这是迅速找到外派工作的捷径。
• I know a short cut to town through the back streets.
  我知道走小街去镇上的捷径。
• They must have taken the short cut.
  他们肯定抄近路了。
• Let's take a short cut across the fields.
  我们从田间走条近路。
• Taking the short cut will save us nearly a kilometre.
  抄近路走可以省却将近一公里。
• It is a short cut to use the free acid.
  可走捷径，那就是使用游离的酸。