ittle
adj[usu attrib 通常作定語]
(Thecomparative and superlative forms, littler and littlest are rare. It is more common to use smaller, smallest. 此詞的比較級和最高級罕用littler和littlest而常用smaller和smallest. )
1 not big; small 小的: six little puppies 六只小狗
a little coffee-table 小咖啡桌
a little movement of impatience 不耐煩的小動作
a little group of tourists 一小批游客
There's a little mark on your sleeve. 你的袖子上有一小塊污跡.
a house with a little garden 帶小花園的房子
little holes to let air in 通氣的小孔.
2 (of distance or time) short (指距離或時間)短的
It's only a little way now. 現在沒多遠了.
You may have to wait a little while. 你可能得等上一小會兒.
Shall we go for a little walk? 散會兒步好嗎?
3 (used usu after nice, pretty, sweet, nasty, etc to express the speaker's feeling of affection, pleasure, annoyance, etc 通常用於nice、 pretty、 sweet、 nasty等之後表示親切、 快樂、 嫌惡等)
a nice little room 玲瓏的房間
a sweet little child 長得很甜的孩子
a funny little restaurant 古里古怪的餐廳
What a nasty little man! 多麼討人厭的家伙!
A (dear) little old lady helped me find my way. 有位(可親)可敬的老太太幫我找到路了.
There's a little shop on the corner that sells bread. 街角上有那麼個賣面包的 子.
4 not important; insignificant 不重要的; 不足道的: a little mistake 小錯
We only had a little snack at lunchtime. 我們午飯只吃了一點小吃.
5 young 幼小的: I had curly hair when I was little. 我小時候是鬈發.
My little (ie younger) brother is 18. 我弟弟18歲.
6 small when compared with others (相比之下)小的
one's little finger 小指
the little hand of the clock 鐘的短針
`Which packet would you prefer?' `I'll take the little one.' `你喜歡哪一包?'`我要?quot;?' =>Usage at small 用法見small.
7 (idm 習語) big, etc oaks from little acorns grow => oak. in little (fml 文) on a small scale 小規模地. a little bird told me (that...) (joc 謔) I know but will not tell you how, or from whom, I know 我知道, 但我不告訴你我是怎麼知道的. twist sb round one's little finger => twist.
little indef det (used with [U]
ns 與不可數名詞連用) a small amount (of sth); not enough 小量的; 不足的; 不多的
I have very little time for reading. 我沒有多少時間看書.
We had little rain all summer. 一夏天幾乎沒下雨.
There's little point in telling her now. 現在告訴她已沒有什麼意義了. =>Usage at much1 用法見much1. little indef pron (used as a n when preceded by the 在the之後, 用作名詞) a small amount 些少; 少量
Little of the music was recognizable. 那音樂差不多都難於辨識.
I understood little of what he said. 他說的我只聽懂一點兒.
We read a lot of poetry at school I remember very little now. 我們上學時念過不少詩--現在我記得的所剩無幾.
The little that I have seen of his work is satisfactory. 他的工作就我所見的那一小部分而言是令人滿意的. little adv
1 not much; only slightly 些少; 稍許
He is little known as an artist. 他是個不出名的藝術家.
She left little more than an hour ago. 她離開一個多鐘頭了.
I slept very little last night. 昨晚我睡得很少.
Little does he know (ie He doesn't know) what trouble he's in. 他對自己所處何種地步茫無所知.
2 (idm 習語) ,little by `little making progress slowly, gradually 一點一點地; 逐漸地
Little by little the snow disappeared. 雪漸漸消失.
His English is improving little by little. 他的英語漸有提高. ,little or `nothing hard...
?? 擴展釋義
*['litl]n. 一點點, 少許, 一會兒, 短時間a. 小的, 很少的, 幼小的, 瑣碎的, 短暫的, 矮小的ad. 很少, 稍微, 完全不相關詞組: take no little pains over sth give sb not a little trouble be not a little bewildered set little by think little of not a little little by little make little of a little after a little for a little in little little or nothing