/smɔ:l ||; smɔl/adj1 not large in size, number, amount, etc 小的；少的: a small car/flat/town 小汽车；小公寓；小镇a small group of people 一小群人a small amount of money 少量金钱That dress is too small for you. 那条连衣裙太小，你穿不下。
2 young 年轻的: He has a wife and three small children. 他有妻子和三个年幼的子女。When I was small we lived in a big old house. 我小时候住在一所又大又旧的房子里。
3 not important or serious; slight 不重要的；不严重的；轻微的:
Don't worry. It's only a small problem. 别担心，只是小问题。 ☞ Small is the most usual opposite of big or large. Little is often used with another adjective to express an emotion, as well as the idea of smallness a horrible little man a lovely little girl a nice little house. The comparative and superlative forms smaller and smallest are common, and small is often used with words like ‘ rather ’, ‘ quite ’ and ‘ very ’ My flat is smaller than yours. The village is quite small. a very small car. Little is not often used with these words and does not usually have a comparative or superlative form. small为big或large的最常用的反义词。little常和另一形容词连用以表达情感﹐同时也表示细小的意思﹕a horrible little man可怕的小个子. a lovely little girl可爱的小女孩. a nice little house很好的小房子. smaller﹙比较级﹚和smallest﹙最高级﹚也很常用。small常和rather﹑quite及very等类的词连用﹕My flat is smaller than yours.我的住所比你的小。The village is quite small.那个村庄很小。a very small car很小的汽车. little甚少和这些词连用﹐而且通常没有比较级或最高级形式。 ➔small /smɔ:l ||; smɔl/ adv She's painted the picture far too small. 她那幅画画得太小了。 in a big/small way→
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