英语词汇“smidgen”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A smidgen is a little bit of something. If you're only hungry enough for a little bit of ice cream, you might ask for just a smidgen in your bowl.

Maybe you prefer just a smidgen of ketchup on your fries, or you might speak a smidgen of German, enough to buy your train tickets in Berlin. You can use the adjective smidgen to talk about a tad of anything, although it's often used for describing or requesting little bits of food. It's thought to have come from the Scottish word smitch, "a small amount or an insignificant person."

WORD FAMILY

smidgen: smidgens

USAGE EXAMPLES

But the battery housing raises the load floor only a smidgen, so cargo space remains much the same.

New York Times(Dec 15, 2016)

In 2013, President Obama professed himself “angry” about “inexcusable” IRS behavior, before he decided there was not a “smidgen” of IRS corruption.

Washington Post(Nov 01, 2016)

The only question was whether he could stem the tide of GOP defections and restore a smidgen of personal dignity.

Washington Post(Oct 09, 2016)

n a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

Syn|Hyper

iota, scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle, whit

small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity

an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude

单词	smidgen
释义	smidgen (once / 100164 pages) n A smidgen is a little bit of something. If you're only hungry enough for a little bit of ice cream, you might ask for just a smidgen in your bowl. Maybe you prefer just a smidgen of ketchup on your fries, or you might speak a smidgen of German, enough to buy your train tickets in Berlin. You can use the adjective smidgen to talk about a tad of anything, although it's often used for describing or requesting little bits of food. It's thought to have come from the Scottish word smitch, "a small amount or an insignificant person." WORD FAMILY smidgen: smidgens USAGE EXAMPLES But the battery housing raises the load floor only a smidgen, so cargo space remains much the same. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) In 2013, President Obama professed himself “angry” about “inexcusable” IRS behavior, before he decided there was not a “smidgen” of IRS corruption. Washington Post(Nov 01, 2016) The only question was whether he could stem the tide of GOP defections and restore a smidgen of personal dignity. Washington Post(Oct 09, 2016) n a tiny or scarcely detectable amount Syn\|Hyper iota, scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle, whit small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
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