few
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [fju?]
- 美式音標(biāo) [fju?]
- 國(guó)際音標(biāo) [fju:]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- adj. 很少的;幾乎沒有的
- pron. 很少
- n. 很少數(shù)
- n. (Few)人名;(英)菲尤
詞源解說
- 直接源自中古英語(yǔ)的fewe;最初源自古英語(yǔ)的feawa,意爲(wèi)少,少的。
同根派生
- adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
- fewer:較少的。
- int性質(zhì)的同根詞
- fewer:較少數(shù)。
- n性質(zhì)的同根詞
- fewness:少數(shù)。
- pron性質(zhì)的同根詞
- fewer:較少數(shù)。
用法辨析
- few用作代詞時(shí),意思是“很少,幾個(gè)”,作主語(yǔ)時(shí)謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞須用複數(shù)形式。
- only few, so few相儅於few,表示否定; some few相儅於some,表示肯定。
pron. (代詞)
英漢例句
- He is a man of few words.
他是個(gè)沉默寡言的人。 - Changes in policy were few.
政策很少變化。 - Few know and few care.
很少有人知道,也很少有人關(guān)心。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
用作定語(yǔ): ~+ n.
用作表語(yǔ): S+be+~
用作代詞 (pron.)
詞組短語(yǔ)
- few words 沉默寡言的人,少言寡語(yǔ)的
- few years 沒有幾年
- have few 喝幾盃
- chosen 〔select〕 few 精選出的少數(shù)
- faithful few 少數(shù)幾個(gè)忠誠(chéng)的人
- for few 爲(wèi)少數(shù)人
- of few 在…中的幾個(gè)
- Happy Few 少數(shù)幸運(yùn)兒;所以我快樂;你快樂;快樂不多
- Few words 三言兩語(yǔ);話很少;沉默寡言的人;用幾句話
用作形容詞 (adj.)
~+名詞
用作代詞 (pron.)
動(dòng)詞+~
形容詞+~
介詞+~
短語(yǔ)
英英字典
- (SOME) some, or a small number of something
- (NOT MANY) a small number or not many
- You use a few to indicate that you are talking about a small number of people or things. You can also say a very few.
- Few is also a pronoun.
- Few is also a quantifier.
- You use few to indicate that you are talking about a small number of people or things. You can use "so," "too," and "very" in front of few.
- Few is also a pronoun.
- Few is also a quantifier.
- Few is also an adjective.
- You use few after adjectives and determiners to indicate that you are talking about a small number of things or people.
- 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.
- You use as few as before a number to suggest that it is surprisingly small.
- Things that are few and far between are very rare or do not happen very often.
- You use no fewer than to emphasize that a number is surprisingly large.
劍橋英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
專業(yè)釋義
- 很少的
- [空中截?fù)粲谜Z(yǔ)]不多,少量(表示發(fā)現(xiàn)“7架或少於7架”敵機(jī));(任何少於8個(gè)的)少數(shù)人(或物)