- Anything small, brief, young, or unimportant can be described as little. If you live in a little cottage, it means your house is very small, and quite possibly adorable.
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- adj. 小的；
- adv. 完全不
- n. 少许；
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1. a little old lady
个子小的老太太
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2. The poor little thing! It's lost its mother.
这可怜的小家伙！没有了妈妈。
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3. She said little about her experience.
她对自己的经历几乎只字不提。
- little (adj.) Old English lytel "not large, not much, small in size or number; short in distance or time; unimportant,"
- little (n.) late Old English, "small piece, small quantity or amount; a short time; unimportant persons," from little (adj.). Little by little is from late 15c. (litylle be litille). Old English also had lytling "little one, infant child; unimportant person."
- little (v.) Old English lytlian "to lessen, decrease, become little or less, diminish; shorten; fall out of use; belittle," from root of little (adj.).
lit·tle ★ / ˈlɪtl ; NAmE ˈlɪtl / adjective , determiner , pronoun , adverb little littler littlest adjective ★ [usually before noun ] HELP The forms littler /ˈlɪtlə(r) / and littlest /ˈlɪtlɪst / are rare. It is more common to use smallerand smallest. *littler 和 littlest 都很少见，常用的是 smaller 和 smallest。 1 ★ not big; small; smaller than others 小的；比较小的 ◆ a little house 小房子 ◆ a little group of tourists 一小群游客 ◆ a little old lady 个子小的老太太 ◆ the classic little black dress 典雅的黑色小连衣裙 ◆ ‘Which do you want?’ ‘I'll take the little one.’ “你要哪一个？”“我要那个小的。” ◆ She gave a little laugh. 她笑了一笑。 ◆ ( BrE) We should manage, with a little bitof luck. 我们只要有一点点运气就能应付过去。 ◆ Here's a little something (= a small present)for your birthday. 这是送给你的生日小礼物。 2 ★ used after an adjective to show affection or dislike, especially in a patronizingway (= one that suggests that you think you are better than sb) （用在形容词的后面表示喜爱或厌恶，尤指屈尊俯就地）可爱的，可怜的，讨厌的 ◆ The poor little thing!It's lost its mother. 这可怜的小家伙！没有了妈妈。 ◆ What a nasty little man! 多么令人讨厌的家伙！ ◆ She's a good little worker. 她是个讨人喜欢的工人。 ◆ He'd become quite the littlegentleman. 他成了颇有风度的绅士了。 3 ★ young 年幼的；幼小的 ◆ a little boy/girl 小男孩╱女孩 ◆ my little brother/sister (= younger brother/sister) 我的弟弟╱妹妹 ◆ I lived in America when I was little. 我小时候生活在美国。 4 ★ (of distance or time 距离或时间 ) short 短的；近的；短暂的 ◆ A little whilelater the phone rang. 过了一小会儿电话响了起来。 ◆ Shall we walk a little way? 我们走一小段路好吗？ 5 ★ not important; not serious 微不足道的；不严重的；不认真的 ◆ I can't remember every little detail. 我记不住每一个微小的细节。 ◆ You soon get used to the little difficulties. 你很快就会习惯这些小小的不便了。 ▶ little·ness / ˈlɪtlnəs ; NAmE ˈlɪtlnəs / noun [uncountable ] IDIOM a little ˈbird told me ( informal) used to say that sb told you sth but you do not want to say who it was （不想说出是谁告诉的）有人告诉我的，不告诉你我是怎么知道的 ☞more at oak , wonder n. determiner , pronoun ★ 1 ★ used with uncountable nouns to mean ‘not much’ （与不可数名词连用）不多的 ◆ There was little doubt in my mind. 我心里几乎没有疑问。 ◆ Students have little or nochoice in the matter. 学生在这个问题上很少有或没有选择余地。 ◆ I understood little of what he said. 我几乎听不懂他所讲的。 ◆ She said little or nothing (= hardly anything)about her experience. 她对自己的经历几乎只字不提。 ◆ Tell him as little as possible. 尽量少告诉他。 2 ★ a little used with uncountable nouns to mean ‘a small amount’, ‘some’ （与不可数名词连用）少量的，一些 ◆ a little milk/sugar/tea 少许牛奶╱糖╱茶 ◆ If you have any spare milk, could you give me a little? 你要是有多余的牛奶，给我一些好吗？ ◆ I've only read a little of the book so far. 这本书我才读了一小部份。 ◆ ( formal) It caused not a little/no little (= a lot of)confusion. 这事引起了不小的混乱。 ◆ After a little (= a short time)he got up and left. 过了一会儿他站起来走了。 IDIOM ★ ˌlittle by ˈlittle slowly; gradually 缓慢地；逐渐地；一点一点地 ◆ Little by little the snow disappeared. 雪渐渐融化了。 ◆ His English is improving little by little. 他的英语正在逐步提高。 adverb ★ ( less , least ) 1 ★ not much; only slightly 不多；稍许；略微 ◆ He is little known as an artist. 几乎没人知道他是个艺术家。 ◆ I slept very little last night. 昨晚我几乎没怎么睡。 ◆ Little did I knowthat this spelled the end of my career. 我一点也没想到这会断送了我的职业生涯。 2 ★ a little (bit) to a small degree 少许；少量；一点 ◆ She seemed a little afraid of going inside. 她好像有点害怕进去。 ◆ These shoes are a little (bit) too big for me. 我穿这双鞋太大了一点。 ◆ ( informal) Everything has become just that little bitharder. 一切都变得更艰难了。 ◆ ( formal) She felt tired and more than a littleworried. 她感到既疲劳又非常担忧。 ☞note at bit lit·tle / ˈlɪtl ; NAmE ˈlɪtl / little·ness / ˈlɪtlnəs ; NAmE ˈlɪtlnəs /
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