短路

duǎnlù
short circuit

CEDICT

  1. (electronics) to short circuit; to undergo a short circuit
  2. (figurative, humorous, of someone's brain) to suddenly and temporarily malfunction; to have a mental lapse
  3. to short circuit; to undergo a short circuit
  4. to suddenly and temporarily malfunction; to have a mental lapse

Wiktionary

  1. 盜匪攔路搶劫。明．無名氏《貧富興衰記．第二折》：「看他穿的襖子布衫靴子帽，則怕有短路的？」《儒林外史．第三八回》：「你不過短路營生，為什麼做這許多惡事？」也作「斷路」。
  2. 電路兩點之間有不正常的低電阻接合時，會產生極大的電流，易使電路的元件遭到破壞。此時稱為「短路」。
  3. 戲稱人的腦筋不靈光。

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Examples

我把果酱撒到电源插座上短路了。

I spilled jam on the electric outlet and there was a short circuit.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 短 duǎn
  1. short
  2. brief
  3. to lack
  4. weak point
  5. fault
2 路 lù
  1. journey
  2. route
  3. line (bus etc)
  4. sort; kind

classifier: 條