short circuit (also infml 口语作 short)

(usu faulty) connection in an electric circuit, by which the current flows along a shorter route than the normal one 电路短路. ,short-`circuit (also infml 口语作 short) v 1 [I, Tn] (cause sth to) have a short circuit （使某用电器）短路: The lights short-circuited when I joined up the wires. 我一接上电线, 电灯就短路了. * You've short-circuited the washing-machine. 你把洗衣机弄短路了. 2 [Tn] (fig 比喻) avoid (sth); bypass 避开（某事物）; 绕过: short-circuit the normal procedures to get sth done quickly 为尽快办成某事不循正常手续.

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