little的中文翻譯是什麼意思

little

US/ˈlɪtl/
UK/ˈlɪtl/

det. 少量的; 不多的

pron. 少量的; 不多的

adv. 微小地; 一點地

adj. 小的; 可愛的; 年幼的; 短的; 不嚴重的

little柯林斯釋義

DET(數量上)微少的,少到幾乎沒有的(可用so,too,very修飾)

You use little to indicate that there is only a very small amount of something. You can use 'so', 'too', and 'very' in front of little.

  • I had little money and little free time...

    我沒什麼錢,也沒多少空閒時間。

  • I find that I need very little sleep these days...

    我發現最近我只需要睡很少時間。

ADV-GRADED(頻率或程度)微小地,小到幾乎沒有地

Little means not very often or to only a small extent.

  • On their way back to Marseille they spoke very little...

    返回馬賽的路上,他們沒怎麼說話。

  • Only Africa is at present little affected by hard drugs.

    目前只有非洲沒怎麼受到硬毒品的影響。

DET(數量上)不多的(亦作a very little)

A little of something is a small amount of it, but not very much. You can also say a very little.

  • Mrs Caan needs a little help getting her groceries home...

    卡安太太需要有人幫把手將食品雜貨拿回家。

  • A little food would do us all some good...

    吃點東西,對我們大家都會有好處。

ADV-GRADED短時間地;一會兒地

If you do something a little, you do it for a short time.

  • He walked a little by himself in the garden.

    他一個人在花園裡散了一會兒步。

ADV-GRADED(程度上)一點地,少量地

A little or a little bit means to a small extent or degree.

  • He complained a little of a nagging pain between his shoulder blades...

    他有幾句提到說肩胛骨之間一直在疼。

  • He was a little bit afraid of his father's reaction...

    他有點害怕父親的反應。

PHRASE逐漸地;一點一點地

If something happens little by little, it happens very gradually.

  • In the beginning he had felt well, but little by little he was becoming weaker...

    一開始他感覺很好,但慢慢地就變虛弱了。

  • I would have to learn, little by little, to exist alone.

    我得慢慢學會獨自生活。

little英文釋義

Noun

1. a small amount or duration;

  • he accepted the little they gave him

Adjective

1. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent;

  • a little dining room
  • a little house
  • a small car
  • a little (or small) group
  • a small voice

2. (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
  • a little time is left

3. of short duration or distance;

  • a brief stay in the country
  • in a little while
  • it's a little way away

4. not fully grown;

  • what a big little boy you are
  • small children

5. (informal terms) small and of little importance;

  • a fiddling sum of money
  • a footling gesture
  • our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
  • a little (or small) matter
  • Mickey Mouse regulations
  • a dispute over niggling details
  • limited to petty enterprises
  • piffling efforts
  • giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction

6. (of a voice) faint;

  • a little voice
  • a still small voice

7. younger brother or sister;

  • little brother

8. lowercase;

  • little a
  • small a
  • e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters

9. 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

Adverb

1. not much;

  • he talked little about his family

little同義詞辨析

little, small, tiny, minute, miniature

這些形容詞均有"小的"之意。

  • little : 指在體積、數量、距離、年齡、身材等方面比正常的小,多帶主觀感情色彩,含小而可愛或小巧的意味。
  • small : 多指數量、面積、體積、價值、數字或意義等的小或少,指略小於正常的大小。
  • tiny : 強調與同類或其他物體比較,小得超
  • 出正常比例,有時帶強烈的感情色彩。
  • minute : 指小得難看見,有時需用顯微鏡才看得見。
  • miniature : 指由正常體積微縮的物體。

little, few, several

這幾個詞用作形容詞時均含"少量的"之意。

  • little : 只修飾不可數名詞,含否定意義。
  • few : 只修飾可數名詞的複數形式,側重指數量非常少,給人一種模糊概念,含否定意義。
  • several : 修飾可數名詞的複數形式,指至少有3個,但不會超過5、6個。

little短語

  1. in little

    (古)小規模的,微縮的

  2. little or nothing

    幾乎沒有

  3. make little of

    沒當回事

  4. no little

    不小,很大

  5. not a little

    不小,很多

  6. quite a little

    很多,大量

  7. quite the little —

    [用以表示不情願地或諷刺地承認某人具備能力或取得了成就]的確,真正

  8. a little

    一點兒

  9. little by little

    逐漸地:慢慢地或逐漸增長地;漸漸地

little場景例句

She is always worrying about little things.

她老是為小事煩惱.

Courtesy costs little and means much.

禮節並不失去什麼卻獲益甚多.

I'm certainly going, but I'll be a little bit late.

我去是去, 可是得晚一點兒.

With a little care you could have avoided the mishap.

你要是小心一點,本來是可以避免這場不測之禍的.

The little town mushroomed into a city.

那座小鎮迅速發展成一座城市.

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little詞性變形

lessleastlittleness

little反義詞

adj. 小的;少的;瑣碎的

importantimmenseenormoushugevastlargegreatbigmuchbulky

其他釋義

giantgrossgiganticmuchbig