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few 音標拼音: [fj'u] a. 很少的,不多的,少數的
n. 少數 很少的,不多的,少數的少數 few adj 1: a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by ` a'; a small but indefinite number; " a few weeks ago"; " a few more wagons than usual"; " an invalid' s pleasures are few and far between"; " few roses were still blooming"; " few women have led troops in battle" [ ant: { many}] n 1: a small elite group; " it was designed for the discriminating few" Few \ Few\ ( f[= u]), a. [ Compar. { Fewer} ( f[= u]"[~ e] r); superl. { Fewest}.] [ OE. fewe, feawe, AS. fe[' a], pl. fe[' a] we; akin to OS. f[= a] h, OHG. f[= o] fao, Icel. f[= a] r, Sw. f[* a], pl., Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. pay^ ros. Cf. { Paucity}.] Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people. " Are not my days few?" -- Job x. 20. [ 1913 Webster] Few know and fewer care. -- Proverb. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them. [ 1913 Webster] { A few}, a small number. { In few}, in a few words; briefly. -- Shak. { No few}, not few; more than a few; many. -- Cowper. { The few}, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the majority. [ 1913 Webster] 50 Moby Thesaurus words for " few": cursory, depthless, footling, handful, hardly any, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, least, little, littlest, low, lowest, meager, miniature, minim, minimum, negligible, no great shakes, not many, occasional, of small number, petty, picayune, picayunish, precious little, rare, scarce, scarcely any, scattering, seldom, shallow, short, shortest, skin- deep, slightest, small, smallest, smatter, smattering, spatter, spattering, sporadic, sprinkling, superficial, tiny, trifling, trivial, uncommon, unfrequent |
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