little 音标拼音: [l'ɪtəl]
n . 一点点,少许,一会儿,短时间
a . 小的,很少的,幼小的,琐碎的,短暂的
一点点,少许,一会儿,短时间小的,很少的,幼小的,琐碎的,短暂的
little adv 1 :
not much ; "
he talked little about his family "
adj 1 :
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent ; "
a little dining room "; "
a little house "; "
a small car "; "
a little (
or small )
group " [
synonym :
{
small }, {
little }] [
ant : {
big }, {
large }]
2 : (
quantifier used with mass nouns )
small in quantity or degree ;
not much or almost none or (
with `
a ')
at least some ;
"
little rain fell in May "; "
gave it little thought "; "
little time is left "; "
we still have little money "; "
a little hope remained "; "
there '
s slight chance that it will work ";
"
there '
s a slight chance it will work " [
synonym : {
little (
a )},
{
slight }] [
ant : {
much (
a )}]
3 : (
of children and animals )
young ,
immature ; "
what a big little boy you are "; "
small children " [
synonym : {
little }, {
small }]
4 : (
informal )
small and of little importance ; "
a fiddling sum of money "; "
a footling gesture "; "
our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war "; "
a little (
or small )
matter "; "
a dispute over niggling details ";
"
limited to petty enterprises "; "
piffling efforts "; "
giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law ,
but it seems to be a picayune infraction " [
synonym : {
fiddling },
{
footling }, {
lilliputian }, {
little }, {
niggling }, {
piddling },
{
piffling }, {
petty }, {
picayune }, {
trivial }]
5 : (
of a voice )
faint ; "
a little voice "; "
a still small voice "
[
synonym : {
little }, {
small }]
6 :
low in stature ;
not tall ; "
he was short and stocky "; "
short in stature "; "
a short smokestack "; "
a little man " [
synonym :
{
short }, {
little }] [
ant : {
tall }]
7 :
lowercase ; "
little a "; "
small a "; "
e .
e .
cummings '
s poetry is written all in minuscule letters " [
synonym : {
little },
{
minuscule }, {
small }]
8 :
small in a way that arouses feelings (
of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context ); "
a nice little job ";
"
bless your little heart "; "
my dear little mother "; "
a sweet little deal "; "
I '
m tired of your petty little schemes ";
"
filthy little tricks "; "
what a nasty little situation "
n 1 :
a small amount or duration ; "
he accepted the little they gave him "
Little \
Lit "
tle \ (
l [
i ^]
t "
t '
l ),
a . [
The regular comparative and superlative of this word ,
littler and littlest ,
are often used as comparatives of the sense small ;
but in the sense few ,
less ,
or ,
rarely ,
lesser is the proper comparative and least is the superlative .
See {
Lesser }.
The regular form ,
littlest ,
occurs also in some of the English provinces ,
and occasionally in colloquial language . "
Where love is great ,
the littlest doubts are fear ." --
Shak .] [
OE .
litel ,
lutel ,
AS .
l [=
y ]
tel ,
l [
imac ]
tel ,
l [=
y ]
t ;
akin to OS .
littil ,
D .
luttel ,
LG .
l ["
u ]
tt ,
OHG .
luzzil ,
MHG .
l ["
u ]
tzel ;
and perh .
to AS .
lytig deceitful ,
lot deceit ,
Goth .
liuts deceitful ,
lut [=
o ]
n to deceive ;
cf .
also Icel .
l [
imac ]
till little ,
Sw .
liten ,
Dan .
liden ,
lille ,
Goth .
leitils ,
which appear to have a different root vowel .]
1 .
Small in size or extent ;
not big ;
diminutive ; --
opposed to {
big }
or {
large };
as ,
a little body ;
a little animal ;
a little piece of ground ;
a little hill ;
a little distance ;
a little child .
[
1913 Webster ]
He sought to see Jesus who he was ;
and could not for the press ,
because he was little of stature . --
Luke xix .
3 .
[
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2 .
Short in duration ;
brief ;
as ,
a little sleep .
[
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Best him enough :
after a little time ,
I '
ll beat him too . --
Shak .
[
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3 .
Small in quantity or amount ;
not much ;
as ,
a little food ;
a little air or water .
[
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Conceited of their little wisdoms ,
and doting upon their own fancies . --
Barrow .
[
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4 .
Small in dignity ,
power ,
or importance ;
not great ;
insignificant ;
contemptible .
[
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When thou wast little in thine own sight ,
wast thou not made the head of the tribes ? --
I Sam .
xv .
17 .
[
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5 .
Small in force or efficiency ;
not strong ;
weak ;
slight ;
inconsiderable ;
as ,
little attention or exertion ;
little effort ;
little care or diligence .
[
1913 Webster ]
By sad experiment I know How little weight my words with thee can find .
--
Milton .
[
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6 .
Small in extent of views or sympathies ;
narrow ;
shallow ;
contracted ;
mean ;
illiberal ;
ungenerous .
[
1913 Webster ]
The long -
necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise ,
Because their natures are little . --
Tennyson .
[
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{
Little chief }. (
Zool .)
See {
Chief hare }.
{
Little Englander },
an Englishman opposed to territorial expansion of the British Empire .
See {
Antiimperialism },
above .
Hence :
{
Little Englandism }.
{
Little finger },
the fourth and smallest finger of the hand .
{
Little go } (
Eng .
Universities ),
a public examination about the middle of the course ,
which is less strict and important than the final one ; --
called also {
smalls }.
Cf .
{
Great go },
under {
Great }. --
Thackeray .
{
Little hours } (
R .
C .
Ch .),
the offices of prime ,
tierce ,
sext ,
and nones .
Vespers and compline are sometimes included .
{
Little -
neck clam },
or {
Little neck } (
Zool .),
the quahog ,
or round clam .
{
Little ones },
young children .
[
1913 Webster ]
The men ,
and the women ,
and the little ones . --
Deut .
ii .
34 .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Little peach },
a disease of peaches in which the fruit is much dwarfed ,
and the leaves grow small and thin .
The cause is not known .
{
Little Rhod "
y },
Rhode Island ; --
a nickname alluding to its small size .
It is the smallest State of the United States .
{
Little Sisters of the Poor } (
R .
C .
Ch .),
an order of women who care for old men and women and infirm poor ,
for whom special houses are built .
It was established at St .
Servan ,
Britany ,
France ,
in 1840 ,
by the Abb ['
e ]
Le Pailleur .
{
Little slam } (
Bridge Whist ),
the winning of 12 out of the 13 tricks .
It counts 20 points on the honor score .
Contrasted with {
grand slam }.
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
Little \
Lit "
tle \,
adv .
In a small quantity or degree ;
not much ;
slightly ;
somewhat ;
--
often with a preceding it . "
The poor sleep little ."
--
Otway .
[
1913 Webster ]
Little \
Lit "
tle \,
n .
1 .
That which is little ;
a small quantity ,
amount ,
space ,
or the like .
[
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Much was in little writ . --
Dryden .
[
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There are many expressions ,
which carrying with them no clear ideas ,
are like to remove but little of my ignorance . --
Locke .
[
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2 .
A small degree or scale ;
miniature . "
His picture in little ." --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
A little ,
to or in a small degree ;
to a limited extent ;
somewhat ;
for a short time . "
Stay a little ." --
Shak .
[
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The painter flattered her a little . --
Shak .
{
By little and little },
or {
Little by little },
by slow degrees ;
piecemeal ;
gradually .
[
1913 Webster ]
337 Moby Thesaurus words for "
little ":
Lilliputian ,
a bit ,
a breath ,
a little ,
abject ,
abominable ,
ace ,
arrant ,
atom ,
atrocious ,
authoritarian ,
baby ,
back -
burner ,
bantam ,
barely ,
base ,
beggarly ,
bigot ,
bigoted ,
bit ,
borne ,
bowshot ,
brief ,
brief span ,
by a hair ,
by an ace ,
casual ,
cheap ,
cheesy ,
close quarters ,
close range ,
closed ,
collateral ,
compact ,
compendious ,
concise ,
constricted ,
contemptible ,
crack ,
cramped ,
creedbound ,
crumb ,
crummy ,
cursory ,
curt ,
curtal ,
curtate ,
dab ,
deaf ,
deaf to reason ,
debased ,
decurtate ,
deficient ,
degraded ,
depraved ,
depthless ,
despicable ,
diminutive ,
dinky ,
dirty ,
disgusting ,
dispensable ,
dole ,
dollop ,
dot ,
dram ,
dribble ,
driblet ,
dwarf ,
earreach ,
earshot ,
elfin ,
ever so little ,
execrable ,
exiguous ,
exiguously ,
faintly ,
fanatical ,
farthing ,
feebly ,
few ,
flagrant ,
fleck ,
flyspeck ,
footling ,
fortuitous ,
foul ,
fragment ,
fulsome ,
gobbet ,
grain ,
granule ,
grave ,
groat ,
gross ,
gunshot ,
hair ,
hair space ,
hairbreadth ,
hairsbreadth ,
half -
pint ,
handful ,
hardly ,
hardly any ,
hardly ever ,
heinous ,
hidebound ,
illiberal ,
immaterial ,
imperfect ,
imperfectly ,
in a nutshell ,
in miniature ,
in the small ,
inadequate ,
inappreciable ,
inappreciably ,
inch ,
incidental ,
incompetent ,
inconsequential ,
inconsequentially ,
inconsiderable ,
ineffectual ,
inessential ,
inferior ,
infinitesimal ,
infrequently ,
insignificant ,
insignificantly ,
instant ,
instantaneous ,
insufficient ,
insular ,
iota ,
irrelevant ,
itsy -
bitsy ,
itty -
bitty ,
jot ,
just a bit ,
knee -
high ,
light ,
lightly ,
limited ,
little bit ,
little ways ,
little while ,
little -
minded ,
low ,
low -
down ,
lumpen ,
maladroit ,
mangy ,
meager ,
meagerly ,
mean ,
mean -
minded ,
mean -
spirited ,
measly ,
mediocre ,
microscopic ,
midget ,
mingy ,
mini ,
miniature ,
minim ,
minimally ,
minimum ,
minor ,
minuscule ,
minute ,
minutely ,
minutiae ,
miserable ,
mite ,
modicum ,
molecule ,
moment ,
monkey ,
monstrous ,
mote ,
narrow ,
narrow -
hearted ,
narrow -
minded ,
narrow -
souled ,
narrow -
spirited ,
nearsighted ,
nefarious ,
negligible ,
negligibly ,
niggard ,
niggardly ,
no ,
no great shakes ,
no time ,
nonessential ,
not any ,
not comparable ,
not enough ,
not hardly ,
not in it ,
not much ,
not vital ,
nutshell ,
obnoxious ,
odious ,
one -
horse ,
only just ,
ounce ,
out of it ,
pair of winks ,
paltry ,
parochial ,
particle ,
pebble ,
petit ,
petite ,
petty ,
picayune ,
picayunish ,
piddling ,
pinch ,
pindling ,
pint -
sized ,
pistol shot ,
pittance ,
point ,
poky ,
poor ,
potty ,
provincial ,
puny ,
purblind ,
pygmy ,
rank ,
rarely ,
reptilian ,
scabby ,
scant ,
scantily ,
scanty ,
scarcely ,
scrap ,
scrubby ,
scruffy ,
scruple ,
scummy ,
scurvy ,
secondary ,
seldom ,
self -
centered ,
selfish ,
set ,
shabby ,
shallow ,
shoddy ,
shoestring ,
short ,
short and sweet ,
short distance ,
short piece ,
short spell ,
short time ,
short way ,
shortsighted ,
skimpy ,
skin -
deep ,
slight ,
slightly ,
small ,
small space ,
small -
beer ,
small -
minded ,
smallish ,
smally ,
smidgen ,
smidgin ,
smitch ,
span ,
sparse ,
speck ,
spitting distance ,
spoonful ,
spot ,
spurt ,
squalid ,
step ,
stingy ,
straitlaced ,
stuffy ,
subordinate ,
subsidiary ,
succinct ,
summary ,
superficial ,
synoptic ,
tant soit peu ,
taste ,
technical ,
teensy -
weensy ,
teeny ,
teeny -
weeny ,
thimbleful ,
tiny ,
tiny bit ,
tittle ,
toy ,
transient ,
trifling ,
trifling amount ,
triflingly ,
trivia ,
trivial ,
two shakes ,
two -
by -
four ,
uncatholic ,
uncharitable ,
unchivalrous ,
undersized ,
unessential ,
unfrequently ,
ungenerous ,
unimaginative ,
unimportant ,
unimpressive ,
unliberal ,
unmentionable ,
unnoteworthy ,
unoften ,
unskillful ,
vile ,
weakly ,
wee ,
whit ,
wretched ,
young ,
youthful
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