be short of stature

基本解釋

She was then in her late thirties, short of stature and already beginning to be on the plump side.
她那時已有三四十歲了，身材不高，而體型已經(jīng)開始發(fā)胖了。
Besides the same objection as with Benjen, it's unclear that a young Sandor would have been small enough to be "short of stature".
除開和班揚一樣的否定意見外，桑鐸當時是否身材矮小也未知；
For instance, the short stature of pygmies could be a side effect of selection for early childbearing in populations where mortality is high, rather than an adaptation in itself.
比如，矮人的短小身材可能是受高死亡率地區(qū)的群體早生早育影響而產(chǎn)生的副作用，而不是自身的適應(yīng)性。

Against a baseline of common experience, a factor that might be distinguishing (the short stature, the age and frailty, the profusion of Fighting Irish paraphernalia) drops away to reveal subtler marks of distinction.
NEWYORKER: Little Strangers