short on 〈口〉缺乏 The country is badly short on wheat. 这个国家极其缺少小麦。 the nights short on sleep 睡眠不足的夜晚 He had always been short on confidence in mathematics. 他对数学总是缺乏信心。 His statement was short on rhetoric and long on substance. 他的陈述词藻贫乏，但内容充实。 He is now short on friends and heavy on enemies. 他现在朋友甚少而树敌甚多。