A small quantity or portion; a moderate or limited amount. (Often modified by little, small, tiny.) Of food, drink, or the like.
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| 释义 | the world > relative properties > quantity > moderateness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a moderate quantity, amount, or degree (5) modicumc1400 A small quantity or portion; a moderate or limited amount. (Often modified by little, small, tiny.) Of food, drink, or the like. reasonc1450 A reasonable quantity, amount, or degree. Also: spec. the measure used in taking a miller's toll from a quantity of grain or flour (see toll, n.1… curtsy1528 A ‘mannerly’ or moderate quantity, a small quantity. Obsolete. courtesy1530 A ‘mannerly’ or moderate quantity; = curtsy, n. 4. Obsolete. considerable1745 A fair amount, quantity, etc., of something. (Cf. A. 6b above.) U.S. |
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