small

A1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #577 ★★★★★

a. 小的, 少的, 小型的, 低微的, 小气的, 细微的 adv. 些微地 n. 狭小部分

发音

US /smɔl/
UK /smɔːl/
UK /smoːɫ/
其它 /smaːl/
AU /smoːl/
NZ /smoːl/

词形变化

small "c" conservatives small "d" democrats small "l" liberals small "l" libertarians small "r" republicans smalls 复数 smalls smalled smalling smalls 三单 smalling 现在分词 smalled 过去式 smalled 过去分词 smaller 比较级 smaller smallest smallest 最高级

别名

small unmarked bills unmarked small bills unmarked, small bills MSME S Sm smalle leetle lettel lickle liddle litel litell lit'l litle littel lytel lytell lytle lyttel lytyll

教材释义与例句

名词

小件物品；矮小的人

形容词

少的，小的；微弱的；几乎没有的；不重要的；幼小的

not large in size or amount

副词

小小地；卑鄙地

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who fits an item of that size.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, smaller than a medium.

    不可数 商务 工程 可数
  3. 3.

    An item labelled or denoted as being that size.

    可数 商务 工程 不可数

    Two smalls and a large, please.

  4. 4.

    Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.

    可数 罕用 不可数

    I got a splitting pain in the small of my back

v.
  1. 1.

    To make little or less.

    废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    To become small; to dwindle.

    不及物
adj. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.

    A small serving of ice cream.

    A small group.

  2. 2.

    Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.

    Humiliated or insignificant.

    The bullies had succeeded in making him feel small.

  3. 3.

    Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.

    Having a small penis, muscles, or other important body parts, regardless of overall body size.

    (of genitals)

    Though over six feet tall, the man was very small and ashamed to undress.

  4. 4.

    Young, as a child.

    小

    年轻

    细

    比喻

    Remember when the children were small?

  5. 5.

    Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.

    媒体
  6. 6.

    Evincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.

  7. 7.

    Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.

    a small space of time

  8. 8.

    Synonym of little (“of an industry or institution(s) therein: operating on a small scale, unlike larger counterparts”).

    small science

  9. 9.

    Slender, gracefully slim.

    古体
  10. 10.

    That is small (the manufactured size).

    商务 工程

    I'll have a small coffee, thanks.

adv.
  1. 1.

    In a small fashion

    Don't write very small!

  2. 2.

    In or into small pieces.

    That's going to go in there. We've got some chives small chopped as well.

  3. 3.

    To a small extent.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    In a low tone; softly.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

size body part

整体词 2

back dorsum
形容词

同义词 10

little low minor humble modest lowly diminished minuscule small-scale pocket-size

反义词 1

large

近义相关 10

little fine young minute tiny soft smaller limited wee slight
副词

反义词 1

big

相关短语

small-scale a. 小比例尺的, 小规模的 [法] 小规模的 small wonder 难怪,不足为奇 small print 难懂的条文, 附属细则 small caps 小型大写字母 [计] 小型大写字母 small talk 闲聊 small potatoes 小人物 small molecule drug small intestine [医] 小肠 Small Computer Systems Interface small arms 轻武器 [法] 轻武器 small icosihemidodecahedron small screen a. 电视的, 电视上的 small circle

词源

From Middle English smal, from Old English smæl (“small, narrow, slender”), from Proto-Germanic *smalaz (“small”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal-, *(s)mel- (“small, mean, malicious”). Cognate with Scots smal; sma (“small”); West Frisian smel (“narrow”); Dutch smal (“narrow”); German schmal (“narrow, small”); Low German small (“narrow”); Danish, Norwegian, Swedish smal (“narrow; thin; slender”); Latin malus (“bad”); Russian ма́лый (mályj, “small”).

来源：wiktionary