| 单词 | little |
| 释义 | little /litˈl/adjective (compar lesser or littler; superl least or littlest)
ORIGIN: OE lȳtel littˈleness noun littˈlie noun (Aust and NZ) A small child littˈling (Scot littˈlin or littˈleane) noun (OE lȳtling) a child Little Bear or (N American) Little Dipper noun Ursa Minor littˈle-ease noun (historical)
little end noun In an internal-combustion engine, the smaller end of the connecting rod Littˈle-endˈian noun One of the Lilliputian party who opposed the Big-endians, maintaining that boiled eggs should be cracked at the little end (from Swift's Gulliver's Travels) little finger noun The fifth and smallest digit of the hand little go see great go under go1 little green men plural noun A type of men imagined as originating in parts of the universe other than our earth little magazine noun A small highbrow magazine little man noun A man of no importance, an underdog little Mary noun (JM Barrie) The stomach little office noun A short service of psalms, hymns, collects, etc little owl noun A small owl (Athene noctua), native to Europe, Asia and Africa little people plural noun
Little Russian noun (archaic) Ukrainian little theatre noun A small theatre, usu one in which experimental plays, and other plays not likely to be a great commercial success, are produced little toe see under toe little woman noun (facetious, mainly old) One's wife littˈleworth adjective (archaic) Worthless in little On a small scale little by little or (archaic) by little and little By degrees make little of
not a little Very twist, wind or wrap someone round one's little finger see under finger |
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