| 释义 |
🔑smallsmall /smɔl / adjective - not large in size, number, amount, etc.（尺寸、数字、数量等）小的，少的◆a small car / apartment / town小车；小公寓；小镇◆a small group of people一小群人◆a small amount of money一点钱
- young年幼的；幼小的◆He has a wife and three small children.他有妻子和三个年幼的孩子。
- not important or serious; slight微不足道的；细微的◆Don't worry. It's only a small problem.别担心，这只是个小问题。
 ●in a big / small wayused for expressing the size or importance of an activity（表示某一活动的规模或重要程度）大（或小）规模地，大量（或少量）地▸ small adverb ◆She painted the picture way too small.她把那幅图画得太小了。➨ WHICH WORD？词语辨析Small or little? * small 还是 little？Small is the most usual opposite of big or large. * small 是 big 或 large 最常见的反义词。Little is often used with another adjective to express an emotion, as well as the idea of smallness. * little 常与另一个形容词连用，表示“小”的同时还带有某种感情色彩a sweet little girl可爱的小女孩a nice little house一栋很不错的小房子The comparative and superlative forms smaller and smallest are common, and small is often used with words like “fairly,” “pretty,” and “very.”形容词比较级形式 smaller 和最高级形式 smallest 很常见，small 常与 fairly、pretty 和 very 等词连用My room is smaller than yours.我的房间比你的小。The town is pretty small.这个镇子相当小。a very small car一辆非常小的汽车Little does not usually have a comparative or superlative form in more formal written English.在较为正式的书面语中，little 通常没有比较级或最高级形式。 |