流逝汉英词典

few

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [fjuː]
  • 美式音标 [fjuː]
  • 国际音标 [fju:]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj. 很少的；几乎没有的
  • pron. 很少
  • n. 很少数
  • n. (Few)人名；(英)菲尤

词源解说

  • 直接源自中古英语的fewe；最初源自古英语的feawa，意为少，少的。

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    fewer：较少的。
  • int性质的同根词
    fewer：较少数。
  • n性质的同根词
    fewness：少数。
  • pron性质的同根词
    fewer：较少数。

用法辨析

    pron. (代词)

  • few用作代词时,意思是“很少,几个”,作主语时谓语动词须用复数形式。
  • only few, so few相当于few,表示否定; some few相当于some,表示肯定。

英汉例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)

    用作定语: ～+ n.

  • He is a man of few words.
    他是个沉默寡言的人。

    • 用作表语: S+be+～

  • Changes in policy were few.
    政策很少变化。

    • 用作代词 (pron.)

  • Few know and few care.
    很少有人知道,也很少有人关心。

词组短语

    用作形容词 (adj.)

    ～+名词

  • few words 沉默寡言的人，少言寡语的
  • few years 没有几年

    • 用作代词 (pron.)

    动词+～

  • have few 喝几杯

    • 形容词+～

  • chosen 〔select〕 few 精选出的少数
  • faithful few 少数几个忠诚的人

    • 介词+～

  • for few 为少数人
  • of few 在…中的几个

    • 短语

  • Happy Few 少数幸运儿;所以我快乐;你快乐;快乐不多
  • Few words 三言两语;话很少;沉默寡言的人;用几句话

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (SOME) some, or a small number of something
  • (NOT MANY) a small number or not many

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • You use a few to indicate that you are talking about a small number of people or things. You can also say a very few.
  • Few is also a pronoun.
  • Few is also a quantifier.
  • You use few to indicate that you are talking about a small number of people or things. You can use "so," "too," and "very" in front of few.
  • Few is also a pronoun.
  • Few is also a quantifier.
  • Few is also an adjective.
  • You use few after adjectives and determiners to indicate that you are talking about a small number of things or people.
  • The few means a small set of people considered as separate from the majority, especially because they share a particular opportunity or quality that the others do not have.
  • You use as few as before a number to suggest that it is surprisingly small.
  • Things that are few and far between are very rare or do not happen very often.
  • You use no fewer than to emphasize that a number is surprisingly large.

专业释义

    地球科学

  • 很少的

    • 军事学

  • [空中截击用语]不多，少量(表示发现“7架或少于7架”敌机)；(任何少于8个的)少数人(或物)