He felt for the first time that it was a shortish name.

他第一次觉得这是个很短的名字。

It was a shortish date. Failed at life?

只不过是场简短的约会，何以置于生活失败？

Shortish blonde of rising 25 with a skin as hard as marble.

她身体结实，个子不高，白肤金发碧眼，年25，皮肤犹如大理石一般。

She was a solid , shortish blonde of rising 25 with a skin as hard as marble .

她身体结实，个子，白肤金发碧眼，近25，皮肤犹如大理石一般的光滑。

In a shortish book on a vast subject, Mr Beattie's thematic structure makes sense.

相对于宏大的主题这本书略显精悍，贝蒂的主题结构是很有意义的。