- short circuit (n.)
[short circuit 词源字典]
- also short-circuit, 1854, in electricity, from short (adj.) + circuit (n.). As a verb, introduce a shunt of low resistance," from 1867; intransitive sense from 1902; in the figurative sense is recorded by 1899. Related: short-circuited; short-circuiting.[short circuit etymology, short circuit origin, 英语词源]