- 1人手不足的
If a shop, a kitchen, or an office is shorthanded, it has fewer than the work really needs. The people still there cover extra. You can say they are shorthanded, or they are working shorthanded. American English likes this spelling; you will also see short-handed with a , and in Britain short-staffed is the more common twin for the same idea. Ice hockey borrowed it too: a team is shorthanded when a player sits in the penalty box, so they skate with fewer people. That is still “not enough hands,” just on ice. It is not about left or right hand, and it is not about being short in height.
組成short（不夠）+ handed（手上的人、幫手）。
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
shorthandedadj
- 1
Lacking sufficient staff or people, as for normal or efficient operations.
- The tiny restaurant usually got by with three workers on that shift, but found itself shorthanded when the tour bus pulled in.
- "What are you doing out here?" I asked Iris. “We shorthanded?” She smiled. “We're always shorthanded, Miss Lois.
- 2
Having less than a quorum.
- Neither the code nor the case law discuss whether or how the power of a shorthanded school board should be curtailed
- 3
Having, or occurring during an interval with, fewer than a full complement of players, often as the result of a penalty.
- “Scoring a shorthanded goal gives the team a lift,” Lefley said. “We've been picking our spots and making the most of them.
- 4
card-gamespokerHaving fewer than the standard number of players.
- Some of the ideas discussed in the Omaha eight-or-better section include general concepts, position, low hands, high hands, your starting hand, play on the flop, multi-way versus shorthanded play, scare cards, getting counterfeited, and your playing style.
shorthandedadv
- 1
In a shorthanded manner.
- "They were working shorthanded," said one PMA official, "this company's got a policy of releasing gangs working shorthanded."
- A player may receive a red card any time without the player first receiving a yellow card. When a player gets a red card, they must leave the game and their team must play shorthanded.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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