"矮" 用英语叫 "short"，"短" 用英语叫 "short"。
"Short" 来源于中世纪英语 "sceort"，最初是形容人或动物身高低的词。后来也开始用来形容时间、距离、量等短缺的东西。
例句：
He is short. (他很矮。)
The dress is too short. (这件连衣裙太短了。)
I don't have time for a long explanation, just the short version. (我没时间解释详细，只能简述。)
The short distance between the two cities made it easy to travel back and forth. (两个城市之间距离短使得来往方便。)