few 音标拼音: [fj'u]
a . 很少的,不多的,少数的
n . 少数
很少的,不多的,少数的少数
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
Few know and fewer care . --
Proverb .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
Few is often used partitively ;
as ,
few of them .
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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 .
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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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