| 词汇 | small |
| 释义 | small adjective uk /smɔːl/ us /smɑːl/ smalladjective (LITTLE)A1 little in size or amount when compared with what is typical or average: 小的；少的；矮小的 a small dog/house/car/country小狗／房子／汽车／国 I'd rather live in a small town than a big city.我宁愿住在小城镇，也不住在大城市。 Would you like a large or small cola with your burger?你的汉堡包要配大可乐还是小可乐？ Ella is the smallest girl in her class.埃拉是她班上个头最小的女孩。 too small forThat jacket's too small for you.那件夹克你穿太小了。 small forHe's small for his age.相对他的年龄来说，他个子小了些。 small numberOnly a small number of applicants are successful.只有一小部分人申请成功了。 pitifully smallThe number of women in parliament is pitifully (= extremely) small.议会中女性的人数少得可怜。 in small quantitiesLiqueurs are usually drunk in small quantities.利口酒通常都是小口小口地喝。 Synonyms diminutive dinkyinformal exiguousformal infinitesimalformal itsy-bitsyhumorous little(SMALL) microscopicinformalhumorous midget mini- miniature minute teensyinformal teenyinformal weeScottish English or informal weenyUKinformal not great in size, amount, etc. smallI live in a small town. littleShe's a good little girl. a littleI just want a little ice cream. a little (bit)I was a little bit upset that she ate the last piece of cake. tinyHis body was covered in tiny red spots. We're having a small drinks party next Thursday. The apartments are very small, which is fine for one person.这些公寓很小，一个人住正合适。 The company was still very small when I first joined.我最初加入时，这家公司还很小。 We spent our holidays in a small French town. The house has a large back garden, and a small front garden.这座房子后面有个大花园，前面还有个小花园。 Small baby bijou bite-sized claustrophobically compactly dwarf elfin midget miniaturized missy modestly no/not enough room to swing a catidiom on the large, small, etc. sideidiom S, s sampler scaled-down scrubby shoe box shrunken wee You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Small in number and quantity smalladjective (YOUNG)A1 A small child is a very young child that is older than a baby: 年幼的，幼小的 Taking care of small children can be very tiring.照看幼儿会很累人。 They have two small children. A small child stood sullenly by her side.一个小孩闷闷不乐地站在她身边。 Having small children really restricts your social life.家里有很小的孩子确实会妨碍你的社交生活。 With four small children running around, the place is a madhouse.有4个小孩到处乱跑，这个地方乱哄哄的。 Is this film appropriate for small children?这部电影适合幼童观看吗？ Describing people who are young adolescent adolescently at your mother's kneeidiom be knee-high to a grasshopperidiom flower fresh-faced juvenility knee-high mother pre-puberty prepubescent pubescent tender tweenager tweener underage ya yoof young yute smalladjective (LIMITED ACTIVITY)[ before noun ] limited in the amount of an activity: 小规模的 The government should give more help to small businessmen (= people whose businesses are of a limited size).政府应该给予小企业主更多的帮助。 small eaterChris is a small eater so he won't want much.克里斯饭量很小，所以他不会要太多。 in a small wayIf you can help us in a small way (= to a limited degree) it would be greatly appreciated.如果您能帮我们一个小忙，我们将不胜感激。 Small in number and quantity beggarly below bupkis certain could count something on (the fingers of) one handidiom low density measly mild mildness mingy minimal piffling remote scantly slenderly slenderness speak strength suggestion thin smalladjective (NOT IMPORTANT)A2 not very important or not likely to cause problems: 不重要的；不会造成麻烦的 She just made a couple of small mistakes in the test.在考试中她只犯了一两个小错。 I have a small problem I would like to discuss with you.我有件小事想和你商量一下。 Of little or less importance be in/under someone's shadowidiom be neither here nor thereidiom big deal biggie derisory marginal meaningless meaninglessly meaninglessness mere picayune picture piddling piddly piffling unrevolutionary unserious unseriousness venial vestigial smalladjective (ASHAMED)ashamed or weak: 卑微的；微不足道的 feel smallTalking to her makes me feel small.和她谈话让我感到自己很卑微。 look smallHe's always trying to make me look small in front of my boss.他总是想方设法让我在老板面前显得无足轻重。 Of little or less importance be in/under someone's shadowidiom be neither here nor thereidiom big deal biggie derisory marginal meaningless meaninglessly meaninglessness mere picayune picture piddling piddly piffling unrevolutionary unserious unseriousness venial vestigial smalladjective (LETTER SIZE)[ before noun ] Small letters are not capital letters: （字母）小写的 The poet e e cummings sometimes wrote his name with small letters. Lettering & alphabets all caps alphabet alphabetical alphabetically ascender Braillist camel case hieroglyph ideogram IPA Latinize Latinized multi-character non-phonetic notation paleographical roman stenography title case tittle Related wordsmallness Idiomsgrateful/thankful for small mercies it's a small world a small fortune small wonder with a small "c", "d", etc. small adverb uk /smɔːl/ us /smɑːl/ in a small size: 小，不大 The instructions are printed so small I can hardly read them.说明书的字印刷得很小，我几乎无法看清。 Small baby bijou bite-sized claustrophobically compactly dwarf elfin midget miniaturized missy modestly no/not enough room to swing a catidiom on the large, small, etc. sideidiom S, s sampler scaled-down scrubby shoe box shrunken wee small noun uk /smɔːl/ us /smɑːl/ smallnoun (BODY)the small of your back the middle of the lower back: 后腰部 in the small of your backI have a pain in the small of my back.我后腰疼。 smallnoun (UNDERWEAR)smalls[ plural ]UKold-fashionedinformal underwear, especially when being washed or about to be washed: （尤指正在洗或要洗的）内衣 Do you have any smalls that need washing?你有没有要洗的内衣？ small | American Dictionarysmall adjective us/smɔl/ smalladjective (LESS)[ -er/-est only ] not big; less in size or amount than is average: a small business small lunches He’s small for his age. Those jackets come in small, medium, and large sizes. [ -er/-est only ] Small (abbreviationS) is a size of clothing or other product that is smaller than average: Those sweaters are available in small, medium, and large (sizes). small of your back The small of your back is the back below the waist where it curves in slightly. smalladjective (YOUNG)[ -er/-est only ] (of children) very young: His mother died when he was small. smalladjective (LACKING IMPORTANCE)[ -er/-est only ] not having much importance or effect: a small problem a small part in a movie smalladjective (LETTER SIZE)[ not gradable ] (of a letter of the alphabet) lowercase Idioma small fortune small adverb[ -er/-est only ] us/smɔl/ smalladverb[-er/-est only] (IN SMALL SIZE)in small pieces, or in a size or amount that is less than average: The ingredients are printed so small I can hardly read them. small | Business Englishsmall adjective uk /smɔːl/us limited in size, amount, activity, etc.: Loans help small firms fund training. The company made a small profit last year. not very important or likely to cause problems: Verna said the review team would not mire itself in such small details. In the construction industry, small mistakes can become multi-million dollar problems. Examples of smallsmall Figure 2a illustrates specifically the total expected sampling cost of those plans and clearly shows a trend of increasing cost with smaller sampling units. In general, the laser-heated plasma volume is smaller than the cluster plume. Small lanes were gradually added to demarcate different sections and also to connect them as an organic whole. Sometimes the cremated remains are placed in an urn, but more commonly they are scattered in a small pit or placed in an organic container. It is preserved as an impression, with a small amount of organic material remaining. These are now seen to be only a small element of a complex system driven by concerns other than the purely cognitive. People from this region have produced a relatively small number of music technology-related publications. These blocks will be returned after extraction of small diameter cores of tissue for the production of tissue micro-arrays. The stage was cramped; the audience capacity was small; and the new theatre represented a severe financial liability to a very shaky opera company. However, the following proposition shows that the constant 1/6 in the density assumption cannot be replaced with a smaller constant. The numbers illustrate that nationally there have been two strong parties and other very small ones. The large numbers of small parties have only rarely brought about a crisis of governability, however. The large number of small parties is usually explained in two ways. The connection weights are initialized to small random values. In general, a random orientation can not be shown to balance each of a large number of small cocircuits. 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