small是什么意思_small怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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"

limited in size or scope;"a small business"
"a newspaper with a modest circulation"
"small-scale plans"
"a pocket-size country"

(of children and animals) young, immature;"what a big little boy you are"
"small children"

slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope;"a series of death struggles with small time in between"

low or inferior in station or quality;"a humble cottage"
"a lowly parish priest"
"a modest man of the people"
"small beginnings"

lowercase;"little a"
"small a"
"e.e.cummings"s poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

(of a voice) faint;"a little voice"
"a still small voice"

have fine or very small constituent particles;"a small misty rain"

not large but sufficient in size or amount;"a modest salary"
"modest inflation"
"helped in my own small way"

made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth);"her comments made me feel small"

Adverb:

on a small scale;"think small"

中英词源

small 小的，小号的，年幼的

来自古英语 smael,小的，狭窄的，苗条的，来自 Proto-Germanic*smalaz,小的，来自 PIE*smal, 小的。引申诸相关比喻义。

small: small: [OE] Small comes from a prehistoric Germanic *smalaz, which in turn probably goes back ultimately to *smel-, a variant of the Indo- European base *mel- ‘grind’ (source of English meal, mill, etc). Etymologically, therefore, it could well denote ‘ground up into little bits’. Its Germanic relatives, such as German schmal and Dutch smal, have become specialized in meaning to ‘narrow’, but while English did start off down this semantic path, it has long since abandoned it.
=> meal, mill, molar
small (adj.): Old English smæl "thin, slender, narrow; fine," from Proto-Germanic *smal- "small animal; small" (cognates: Old Saxon, Danish, Swedish, Middle Dutch, Dutch, Old High German smal, Old Frisian smel, German schmal "narrow, slender," Gothic smalista "smallest," Old Norse smali "small cattle, sheep"), perhaps from a PIE root *(s)melo- "smaller animal" (cognates: Greek melon, Old Irish mil "a small animal;" Old Church Slavonic malu "bad"). Original sense of "narrow" now almost obsolete, except in reference to waistline and intestines.
My sister ... is as white as a lilly, and as small as a wand. [Shakespeare, "Two Gentlemen of Verona," 1591]
Sense of "not large, of little size" developed in Old English. Of children, "young," from mid-13c. Meaning "inferior in degree or amount" is from late 13c. Meaning "trivial, unimportant" is from mid-14c. Sense of "having little property or trade" is from 1746. That of "characterized by littleness of mind or spirit, base, low, mean" is from 1824. As an adverb by late 14c.

Small fry, first recorded 1690s of little fish, 1885 of insignificant people. Small potatoes "no great matter" first attested 1924; small change "something of little value" is from 1902; small talk "chit-chat, trifling conversation" (1751) first recorded in Chesterfield"s "Letters." Small world as a comment upon an unexpected meeting of acquaintances is recorded from 1895. Small-arms, indicating those capable of being carried in the hand (contrasted to ordnance) is recorded from 1710.
small (n.): early 13c., "small person or animal," from small (adj.). From c. 1300 as "persons of low rank" (opposed to great); late 15c. as "the small part" of something (such as small of the back, 1530s).

词态变化

比较级 smaller;
最高级 smallest;
名词 smallness;

权威造句

1. It"s not about making the amazing saves. It"s the little things and small things that made great gatekeepers great.: 伟大的门将不是靠神奇的扑救成就，而是靠注重小事和细节成功。（Tim Howard美国国家队门将）

2. Three prisoners were sharing one small cell 3 metres by 2 metres.: 3个囚犯关在一个3米长2米宽的小牢房里。

3. Albania is a small nation state of around 3 million people.: 阿尔巴尼亚是一个大约有300万人口的单一民族独立国家。

4. The Inspector remembered her as a small, mousy woman, invariably worried.: 检察官记得，她是一个矮小、羞怯、总是闷闷不乐的人。

5. No detail was too small to escape her attention.: 再小的细节都逃不过她的眼睛。

近反义词

base

little

modest

petty

tiny

young

minute

相似短语

in the small 局部的，局部的

in small 小规模地,小型的

by small and small 慢慢地来

small arms n. 轻武器

small potatoes 微不足道的人,鸡毛蒜皮的事情

look small v. 显得渺小,自惭形秽

small is beautiful 小就是美(B.F.Schumacher书名,主张小苞构胜过大机构)

small time 一日表演数次而且票价低的巡回舞台表演a. 不重要的(无足轻重的,不出色的,次等的)

small cranberry phr. 酸果蔓

small demand 小量的要求，小小要求

单词分析

这些形容词均有“小的”之意。
little指在体积、数量、距离、年龄、身材等方面比正常的小，多带主观感情色彩，含小而可爱或小巧的意味。
small多指数量、面积、体积、价值、数字或意义等的小或少，指略小于正常的大小。
tiny强调与同类或其他物体比较，小得超出正常比例，有时带强烈的感情色彩。
minute指小得难看见，有时需用显微镜才看得见。
miniature指由正常体积微缩的物体。

记忆方法

暂无,等待补充.

small是什么意思，small怎么读

small基本信息

英英释义