short的名词有shortage;
shortage:n.不足;缺少;短缺;例如:They face a desperate shortage of clean water.
There's a shortage of hospital beds.
医院床位短缺。
There's a great shortage of resource materials in many schools.
很多学校物资都十分短缺。
People in hospitals are dying because of shortage of medicine.
由于药品匮乏,医院里的病人濒临死亡。