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• short cut, short-cut

語源

From short +‎ cut.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈʃɔːtkʌt/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈʃoɹtˌkʌt/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈʃoːt.kɐt/, [ˈʃoːʔ.kɐt], [ˈʃoːʔ.kɐʔ]
• ハイフネーション: short‧cut

名詞

shortcut (plural shortcuts)

1. A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.
2. A method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps.
   • 2021 November 3, “Network News: EMR changes claims process”, in RAIL, number 943, page 15:

     East Midlands Railway is introducing new shortcuts for claiming compensation in the event of late-running services.

3. (computing, in the Microsoft family of operating systems) A file that points to the location of another file and serves as a quick way to access it.

   There are shortcuts to some of my favourite applications on my desktop.

4. (computing) Ellipsis of keyboard shortcut.

派生語

参考

• shortcut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

動詞

shortcut (third-person singular simple present shortcuts, present participle shortcutting, simple past and past participle shortcutted or shortcut)

1. To take or use a shortcut

派生語

• shortcutter

アナグラム

• cut short

アナグラム

• cut short

動詞

short-cut (third-person singular simple present short-cuts, present participle short-cutting, simple past and past participle short-cut)

1. Alternative spelling of shortcut.
   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 372, about Tarbert, Kintyre:

     Boats, too, could be dragged overland, short-cutting the voyage from the Clyde to the Western Isles.

アナグラム

• cut short