be short of stature

基本解释

She was then in her late thirties, short of stature and already beginning to be on the plump side.
她那时已有三四十岁了，身材不高，而体型已经开始发胖了。
Besides the same objection as with Benjen, it's unclear that a young Sandor would have been small enough to be "short of stature".
除开和班扬一样的否定意见外，桑铎当时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区的群体早生早育影响而产生的副作用，而不是自身的适应性。

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