| 单词 | few |
| 释义 | few (once / 12 pages) adjn Few is a word for a small, non-specific number. A few is somewhere between a couple and a whole bunch. When you say you're going to have a few fries, you'd better not eat the whole order — a few is a tiny number. It takes more than a few people to play basketball, though they could probably play two-on-two. This is one of many words for amounts that aren't specific, like a bunch, a load, or a bit. If someone refers to the few, they're talking about an elite, special group, like "The few. The proud. The Marines." WORD FAMILYfew: fewness, fews+/fewness: fewnesses USAGE EXAMPLESBoyd ran so much in practice that he was tired after a few series. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) To remedy that, he sometimes groups a few of them together. Wall Street Journal(Jan 01, 2017) After that, we bumped into each other occasionally on the street, spending a few minutes catching up. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number a few weeks ago a few more wagons than usual an invalid's pleasures are few and far between few roses were still blooming few women have led troops in battle Syn|Ant a couple of, a few more than one but indefinitely small in number hardly avery few fewer(comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of somequantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity many a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number galorein great numbers many a, many an, many anothereach of a large indefinite number legion, numerousamounting to a large indefinite number somerelatively many but unspecified in number umpteen, umteeninnumerable but many more(comparative of `many' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number somequantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity 2n a small elite group it was designed for the discriminating few Hyper elite, elite group a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status |
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