1WAY/ROUTEa quicker and more direct way of getting somewhere than the usual one 捷径,近路
Carlos decided to take a short-cut home.
卡洛斯决定抄近路回家。
We were late for the game, but found a short cut through the fields.
我们没能及时赶上看球赛,但找到了一条穿过田野的近路。
2FAST/QUICKa quicker way of doing something 〔做事情的〕快捷办法,捷径
short cut to
There aren’t really any short cuts to learning English.
学英语实在没有捷径可走。
Examples from the Corpus
short cut• Only the air was tainted by the fumes from the slow-moving cars that used the street as a short cut.• She took them by a short cut to the Weinbaum Canal.• They had orders to take the short cut and risk the mines.