few

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英式音标 [fjuː]
美式音标 [fjuː]
国际音标 [fju:]
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基本解释

adj. 很少的；幾乎沒有的
pron. 很少
n. 很少數
n. (Few)人名；(英)菲尤

词源解说

直接源自中古英語的fewe；最初源自古英語的feawa，意爲少，少的。

同根派生

adj性質的同根詞
fewer：較少的。
int性質的同根詞
fewer：較少數。
n性質的同根詞
fewness：少數。
pron性質的同根詞
fewer：較少數。

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用法辨析

pron. (代詞)

few用作代詞時,意思是“很少,幾個”,作主語時謂語動詞須用複數形式。
only few, so few相儅於few,表示否定; some few相儅於some,表示肯定。

英汉例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語: ～+ n.

He is a man of few words.
他是個沉默寡言的人。

用作表語: S+be+～

Changes in policy were few.
政策很少變化。

用作代詞 (pron.)

Few know and few care.
很少有人知道,也很少有人關心。

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词组短语

用作形容詞 (adj.)

～+名詞

few words 沉默寡言的人，少言寡語的
few years 沒有幾年

用作代詞 (pron.)

動詞+～

have few 喝幾盃

形容詞+～

chosen 〔select〕 few 精選出的少數
faithful few 少數幾個忠誠的人

介詞+～

for few 爲少數人
of few 在…中的幾個

短語

Happy Few 少數幸運兒;所以我快樂;你快樂;快樂不多
Few words 三言兩語;話很少;沉默寡言的人;用幾句話

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

(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

地球科學

很少的

軍事學

[空中截擊用語]不多，少量(表示發現“7架或少於7架”敵機)；(任何少於8個的)少數人(或物)