- an electrical circuit in a device of lower resistance than that of a normal circuit, typically resulting from the unintended contact of components and consequent accidental diversion of the current短路。
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- (with reference to an electrical device) malfunction or fail or cause to do this as a result of a short circuit across it（使）短路：
no obj. the birds caused the electricity supply to short-circuit鸟群导致电力供应短路
with obj. water had leaked into the washing machine's motor, short-circuiting it.水漏进洗衣机的马达中, 导致短路。
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- with obj. figurative shorten (a process or activity) by using a more direct (but often improper) method〈喻〉缩短, 简化（过程, 活动）：
the normal processes of a democracy should not be short-circuited
正常的民主进程不应该简化。