few

A1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #339 ★★★★★

a. 很少的, 不多的, 少数的 n. 少数

发音

US /fjuː/
UK /fjʉː/
UK /fjʉ͡u/

词形变化

fewer 比较级 fewer fewest less 比较级 fewest 最高级 least 最高级

别名

fiew

教材释义与例句

代词

很少

The few means a small set of people considered as separate from the majority, especially because they share a particular opportunity or quality that the others do not have

...spending her few waking hours in front of the TV.

…把她清醒的个把钟头花在电视机前。

This should not be an experience for the few.

这应该不只是少数人的经历。

释义与例句

det. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    An indefinite, but usually small, number of.

    少

    一些

    There are a few cars (=some, but a relatively small number) in the street.

    Quite a few people (=a significant number) were pleasantly surprised.

    I think he's had a few drinks.

    The few cheapest hotels I could find are the farthest too.

  2. 2.

    Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of.

    少

    少数

    Very few did she have not to go there, did she?

    I was expecting a big crowd at the party, but very few people (=almost none) turned up.

  3. 3.

    Obscuring one to two oktas (eighths) of the sky.

    气象

    Tonight: A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness overnight.

    NOAA definition of the term few clouds: An official sky cover classification for aviation weather observations, descriptive of a sky cover of 1/8 to 2/8. This is applied only when obscuring phenomena aloft are present--that is, not when obscuring phenomena are surface-based, such as fog.

  4. 4.

    (US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.

    气象
pron. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Few people, few things.

    Many are called, but few are chosen.

相关短语

quite a few 相当多的 to name a few (仅)举几个为例 few and far between 稀少 few sandwiches short of a picnic 神志不清 few cards shy of a full deck few cards short of a full deck man of few words 沉默寡言的男人 you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette in a few shakes men of few words woman of few words a few roos loose in the top paddock a few fries short of a Happy Meal pull a few strings have a few too many

词源

From Middle English fewe, from Old English fēaw (“few”), from Proto-West Germanic *fau, from Proto-Germanic *fawaz (“few”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Cognate with Old Saxon fā (“few”), Old High German fao, fō (“few, little”), Old Norse fár (“few”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃 (faus, “few”). Also related with Latin paucus (“little, few”) and pauper (“poor”), from which latter English poor and pauper; see these.

来源：wiktionary