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单词 small
释义 small
adj., n., & adv.
--adj
  1. not large or big.
  2. slender; thin.
  3. not great in importance, amount, number, strength, or power.
  4. not much; trifling (a small token; paid small attention).
  5. insignificant; unimportant (a small matter; from small beginnings).
  6. consisting of small particles (small gravel; small shot).
  7. doing something on a small scale (a small farmer).
  8. socially undistinguished; poor or humble.
  9. petty; mean; ungenerous; paltry (a small spiteful nature).
  10. young; not fully grown or developed (a small child).
--n
  1. the slenderest part of something (esp. small of the back).
  2. (in pl.) Brit. colloq. small items of laundry, esp. underwear.
--adv into small pieces (chop it small).
Phrases and idioms
feel (or look) small be humiliated; appear mean or humiliated. in a small way unambitiously; on a small scale. no small considerable; a good deal of (no small excitement about it). small arms portable firearms, esp. rifles, pistols, light machine-guns, sub-machine-guns, etc. small beer
  1. a trifling matter; something unimportant.
  2. weak beer. small-bore (of a firearm) with a narrow bore, in international and Olympic shooting usu. .22 inch calibre (5.6 millimetre bore). small capital a capital letter which is of the same dimensions as the lower-case letters in the same typeface minus ascenders and descenders, as THIS.
small change
  1. money in the form of coins as opposed to notes.
  2. trivial remarks. small circle see CIRCLE. small claims court Brit. a local tribunal in which claims for small amounts can be heard and decided quickly and cheaply without legal representation. small craft a general term for small boats and fishing vessels.
small fry
  1. young children or the young of various species.
  2. small or insignificant things or people. small hours the early hours of the morning after midnight. small intestine see INTESTINE. small letter (in printed material) a lower-case letter. small mercy a minor concession, benefit, etc. (be grateful for small mercies). small potatoes an insignificant person or thing.
small print
  1. printed matter in small type.
  2. inconspicuous and usu. unfavourable limitations etc. in a contract. small profits and quick returns the policy of a cheap shop etc. relying on large trade. small-scale made or occurring in small amounts or to a lesser degree. small slam see SLAM(2). small-sword a light tapering thrusting-sword, esp. hist. for duelling. small talk light social conversation. small-time colloq. unimportant or petty. small-timer colloq. a small-time operator; an insignificant person. small-town relating to or characteristic of a small town; unsophisticated; provincial. small wonder not very surprising.
Derivatives
smallish adj. smallness n.
Etymology: OE sm{aelig}l f. Gmc
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