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little

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  • adj.

    小的;琐碎的;娇小的;幼小的

  • adv.

    不多,略微;少许,一点;短时间地;

  • n.

    (表示否定)微少;没有多少;短时间;

  • det.

    (数量上)微少的,少到几乎没有的;(a little)少量的,一些;

  • 双语释义

    adj.(形容词)
    1. 小的,幼小的,矮小的 not big;small;young
    2. [A](时间、距离)短的 (of distance, time) short
    3. [A]琐碎的,微不足道的 not important
    pron.(代词)
    1. 少量,些许 a small amount
    adv.(副词)
    1. 少到几乎没有;毫不,难得,很少 not much;only slightly;rarely

    英英释义

    little[ 'litl ]

    • n.a small amount or duration

      "he accepted the little they gave him"

    • adj.
      • limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

        "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a little (or small) group"

        同义词:small

      • (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some

        "little rain fell in May"; "gave it little thought"; "little hope remained"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"

      • of short duration or distance

        "in a little while"; "it's a little way away"

        同义词:brief

      • (of children and animals) young, immature

        "what a big little boy you are"

        同义词:small

      • (informal) small and of little importance

        "a little (or small) matter"

        同义词:fiddlingfootlinglilliputiannigglingpiddlingpifflingpettypicayunetrivial

      • (of a voice) faint

        "a little voice"

        同义词:small

      • lowercase

        "little a"

        同义词:minusculesmall

      • small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)

        "a nice little job"; "bless your little heart"; "my dear little mother"; "a sweet little deal"; "I'm tired of your petty little schemes"; "filthy little tricks"; "what a nasty little situation"

    • adv.not much

      "he talked little about his family"

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    词汇搭配

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    ~+名词
    • little bird〔boy, cottage, garden〕小鸟〔男孩,村舍,花园〕
    • a little month短短的一个月
    • little money小钱
    ~+介词
    • little of nothing几乎没有(东西),简直没有(东西)
    用作代词 (pron.)
    ~+介词
    • little of the music音乐的少部分
    用作副词 (adv.)
    动词+~
    • know little几乎茫无所知
    • make little of不重视,对…难了解
    • see little of life未见世面
    • see very little of sb很少看见某人
    • sleep very little睡得很少
    • think little of oneself看不起自己

    词组短语

    little bit一点点

    little boy小男孩

    little more than adv. 仅仅是

    in a little ◎不久,一会儿 , ◎[废语]简单地说,简言之

    for a little一会儿

    little by little渐渐;逐渐地

    a little more稍微多些

    in little小规模地

    just a little一点点;只是一点点

    a little bit of一点点

    little or no很少;几乎没有

    only a little只有一点

    little brother小兄弟;副气旋

    little sister小妹妹,小女孩

    after a little过了一会儿

    little better than并不比…好;简直和…一样(坏);简直就是

    little dog n. [天]小犬座(等于Canis Minor)

    a little of一点儿

    little less than与…不相上于;与…几乎相同

    little bird小鸟;消息灵通的人士

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    同近义词辨析

    several, little, few

    这组词都有“少量的”的意思,其区别是:

    several修饰可数名词的复数形式,指至少有3个,但不会超过5、6个。

    little只修饰不可数名词,含否定意义。

    few只修饰可数名词的复数形式,侧重指数量非常少,给人一种模糊概念,含否定意义。

    little, small

    little指具体事物小时,常有赞赏,爱惜等意味,也可用来指不可数的量。

    small 侧重尺度,面积,数字等,在指具体事物小时,有时有轻视,鄙视,贬低的意味,在表示不可数名词的数量时,一般说a small amount of。

    minute, tiny, little, small, miniature

    这组词都有“小的”的意思,其区别是:

    minute指小得难看见,有时需用显微镜才看得见。

    tiny强调与同类或其他物体比较,小得超出正常比例,有时带强烈的感情色彩。

    little指在体积、数量、距离、年龄、身材等方面比正常的小,多带主观感情色彩,含小而可爱或小巧的意味。

    small多指数量、面积、体积、价值、数字或意义等的小或少,指略小于正常的大小。

    miniature指由正常体积微缩的物体。

    双语例句

    用作形容词(adj.)
    1. We have a little bull session after work.
      下班后,我们要开一个小的讨论会。
    2. This little bed will do for our youngest daughter.
      这张小床我们最小的女儿睡能行。
    3. She is too little to ride a bicycle.
      她太小了,不能骑脚踏车。
    4. She walked away and her little heart was broken.
      她走开了但是她幼小的心却受伤了。
    5. She stayed here only a little while.
      她在这里只停留了很短的时间。
    6. The merest little thing makes him nervous.
      最微不足道的小事也会使他紧张。
    7. There was little change in their daily lives.
      他们的日常生活几乎没有变化。
    8. She shows little appreciation of good music.
      她对于好音乐几乎没有欣赏能力。
    用作副词(adv.)
    1. He is little known as an artist.
      他是个不出名的艺术家。
    2. Besides, I knew little about it.
      再说,我对赛艇运动也了解得很少。
    3. Little does he care whether we live or die.
      他一点也不管我们是死是活。
    4. I go there very little now.
      我现在难得去那儿。
    用作名词(n.)
    1. The little that I have seen of his work is satisfactory.
      他的工作就我所见的那一小部分而言是令人满意的。
    2. Little is known about the effect of life-long drinking.
      人们关于终生饮酒的效果却知道的很少。

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