little
美 [ˈlɪt(ə)l]
英 ['lɪt(ə)l] 
- n.小;一点点;利特尔
- adv.一点;一些;少量;少许
- adj.小的;比较小的
- 网络少的;很少;几乎没有
词形变化
比较级:less 最高级:least 比较级:littler 最高级:littlest 反义词
英汉双解
1. | 小的;比较小的not big; small; smaller than others |
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| a little group of tourists 一小群游客 |
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| 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。 |
| We should manage, with a little bit of 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. | (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used after an adjective to show affection or dislike, especially in a patronizing way(= one that suggests that you think you are better than sb) |
| 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 little gentleman. 他成了颇有风度的绅士了。 |
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| 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。 |
| A little while later 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. | 微不足道的;不严重的not important; not serious |
| 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。 |
1. | (与不可数名词连用)不多的used with uncountable nouns to mean ‘not much’ |
| There was little doubt in my mind. 我心里几乎没有疑问。 |
| Students have little or no choice 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. | (与不可数名词连用)少量的,一些used with uncountable nouns to mean ‘a small amount’, ‘some’ |
| 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分。 |
| 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。 |
1. | 不多;稍许;略微not much; only slightly |
| 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 know that 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) 少许;少量;一点to a small degree |
| 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。 |
| Everything has become just that little bit harder. 一切都变得更艰难了。 |
| She felt tired and more than a little worried. 她感到既疲劳又非常担忧。 |
习惯用语
a little bird told me
(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used to say that sb told you sth but you do not want to say who it was
little by little
缓慢地;逐渐地;一点一点地slowly; gradually
| 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。 |
英汉解释
adj. | 2. 孩子似的,孩子气的;琐碎的,小的,吝啬的,心地狭窄的 5. (less 或 lesser; least; 〔俚,方〕 -tler; -tlest) |
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英英解释
例句
I published the book last summer, Pedagogy of the Bible it's called, Pedagogy of the Bible, and I'll set that in a little bit of context.
我去年夏天出版的这本书,叫做,我会联系一点上下文。
I've always been just a little baffled at the whole concept of app-phone cases.
一直以来,关于橡胶手机套的整个主意总令我有些困惑不解。
He was only a little taller than Lucy herself and carried over his head an umbrella, white with snow.
他只比露西高一点点,头顶上打着一把伞,白色的雪覆盖着。
That Ruth had little faith in his power as a writer, did not alter her nor diminish her in Martin's eyes.
虽然露丝对马丁当作家的本领缺乏信心,她在马丁眼中却并无变化,也没有被他小看。
Apparently, the woman spent most of her time trying to impress people, and very little actually living her life.
似乎她大部分的时间都是在争取给人留下深刻的印象而没有真正的活出自己。
Start small, with something that isn't really a big deal, but might help you do something just a little bit better than you do it today.
从一些不是很重要的事情开始,但是有可能能帮你在做事情时一点点地进步。
Little children seem to have an innate sense of the idea of fairness even apart from opposite conditioning experiences.
小孩子似乎有一种关于公平的天然感觉,即使社会经历相反。
I felt the game was a little faster than when I got to play it a while back at around the 50% complete mark.
我觉得比赛是快一点比我发挥了它在50%左右完成标志着在回来。
"Ah, if it were but a little pussy-cat! " said she; but the rose tree, with its beautiful rose came to view.
“我希望那里面是一只小猫!”她说。可是看见的却是一朵美丽的玫瑰花。
I thought about it day and night. My master liked to go fishing in a little boat, and he al-ways took me with him.
我日夜思考着逃跑的事。我的主人喜欢乘小船去钓鱼,而且总是带上我。
And forgetting his own sorrow he ran back to the place, and saw there a little Hare caught in a trap that some hunter had set for it.
忘记了自己的悲痛,星孩跑回去一看,原来是一只小野兔被困在了猎人设下的陷阱里。
S. has been one of isolation and frustration. Torrington has no other foreign students, and little in the way of English-language help.
托灵顿校区只有他们是国外留学生,而且这对他们的英语学习帮助也不大。
Above all, this time that I used to waste on social network sites has taught me nothing and has given me very little in return.
最重要的是,这些我过去浪费在社交网站上的时间没有教给我任何东西,几乎没有带来益处。
Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy. "
然而,第二天早上小女儿给她父亲带来了礼物:“爸爸,这是给你的。”
He always stopped, said a few kind words to the poor man, and gave him a little money, but he did not take any of his matches.
他总会停下脚步,跟穷汉聊几句,给他几个小钱,但从不拿他的火柴。
Despite the disconnect between educational quality and economic health, the matter curiously draws little media attention.
尽管在教育质量和良好地经济发展之间存在着断层,令人不解的是,鲜有媒体考虑到这点。
On the next circle the fish's back was out but he was a little too far from the boat.
又兜了一圈,鱼的背脊露出来了,不过它离小船还是太远了一点。
The size of the camera is so small it just about fits in your palm, but it's a little too big to put into a pocket.
摄像机非常小,可以完全放入我们的掌心,但是如果要放入口袋,那就稍微大了点。
"It is your garden now, little children, " said the giant, and he took a great axe and knocked down the wall.
「孩子们,花园现在是你们的了。」说著,巨人拿起一把大斧头,砍到了自己筑起的高耸围墙。
If I was a little star in the sky, I do not have the sun shining, no bringing a moon, not even bright lights of humanity.
如果我是一颗夜空中的小星星,我没有太阳的光辉,也没有月亮的皎洁,甚至没有人类的灯光明亮。
All the time Wilson had been talking, his voice had been a little abstracted.
威尔逊说话的时候,口气总有点恍惚。
The little man was much more favourable to me than to any of the others.
这个小个子男人对我比对任何其它人都客气多了。
If he's in any real want I'm prepared to help him a little.
如果他的生活真贫困不堪,我还是准备帮助帮助他。
In a little while all the children piped up and began to dance.
一会儿所有的孩子都开始载歌载舞起来。
She thought the child must be a little confused at meeting a stranger instead of Miss Ley, and unhappy in his disgrace.
她想,这孩子没看见莱伊小姐,而是会见一个陌生女人,一定有点儿惶惑,并且为自己干的丑事而难堪。
The most they could have done was to lock Mr. Hatch up while he cooled off for a few days, or refine him a little something.
他们至多把哈奇关上几天,让他冷静下来,或是罚他几个钱。
She did not like the motion of Mr. Helton taking it on himself to correct her little boys, but she was afraid to ask them for reasons.
她不喜欢希尔顿先生擅自教训她的小孩,可是她又不敢问到底是怎么回事。
His wife was a little sharp-faced woman, who bullied her husband when he was sober.
他的老婆是个面相尖刻的小个子妇人。男人清醒时,她便呼么喝六。
By this time I had recovered myself a little, and I said, "God will at last punish him severely. "
这时我已经略微克服了我的慌乱,我说:“上帝将来一定要重重地惩罚他。”
Within a minute our noisy socializing began to wear a little thin, but Winterborn had nerves of steel.
不到1分钟的时间,我们吵吵闹闹的社交活动开始静下来点,但温特博恩非常有胆量。
My husband had been urging me to take the little blue pills prescribed by the doctor.
丈夫劝我服医生开的蓝色小药丸。
The Willow-Wren was twittering his thin little song, hidden himself in the dark selvedge of the river bank.
鹪鹩躲在漆黑的河岸边,发出吱吱的尖叫声。
Ursula flushed a little at the mild impertinence of this question, and yet she could not definitely take offence.
对于这个和缓而鲁莽的问题,厄香拉稍微脸红了一下,但是她无法感到恼火。
Dr. Gidley is always on the up and up, with his young wife, his two little boys at the right school and his practice desirably situated.
吉德利大夫有位年青的妻子,两个孩子上了正规的学堂,自己的开业地点又十分理想,因此小日子过得一步一层楼。
The reflection on his face in the train window when they went through a tunnel was a little sinister.
当他们穿过隧道时,车窗上反映出他的面部,有点儿凶神恶煞的样子。
Shortly afterwards, Sir Thomas was again interfering a little with her inclination, by advising her to go immediately to bed.
过了不久,托马斯爵士又对她进行一次小小的干涉。他建议她立即去睡。
He had got up from his seat, had turned once more about the little drawing-room.
他从座位上起来,又一次在小客厅里走来走去。
They were of good flesh and flavour, and when broiled upon the coals, lacked only a little salt to be delicious.
味很鲜美,拿来放在木炭上焙炙,就是缺少一点盐,否则真可以和山珍海味媲美了。
I'll try and be what father loves to call me, a little woman and not be rough and wild.
我要力争做一个“小妇人”--爸爸喜欢那样称呼我,不再冒冒失失,野头野脑了。
All the little ones of our time are collectively the children of us adults of the time.
所有咱们这个时代里的小孩子,统统都是这个时代里咱们这些成年人的子女。
In the same way, to say a little is often to tell more than to say a great deal.
同样,片言只语也常常比万语千言更说明问题。
Before taking him down to Maryland we are inviting a few friends to meet him here-only a little dinner-with a reception afterwards.
带他去马里兰之前,我们想请一些朋友到此和他见见面--吃一顿便饭吧--然后,举行一个欢迎会。
He made a great business of making his coffee in the morning and frying himself a little bacon at night.
他早晨煮点咖啡,晚上给自己煎一小块咸肉,都要郑重其事,小题大做。
The little girls, however, considered it a most agreeable and interesting event.
然而,小姑娘们都觉得这事儿妙不可言,津津有味。
She received him in a little parlor: a small unspeckled bower, ornamented with a desultory foliage of tissue paper.
她在一间小小的客厅里接待他。小小的房间一尘不染,室内装饰着用皱纸做成的飘逸的枝叶。
With a little imagination many other animals and heroes and beautiful women can be found hidden among the fainter stars.
稍有些想象力,可以发现许多“动物”“英雄”和“美女”藏在这些较暗弱的恒星之间。
He had told her so very little that she was all at sea anyhow in regard to the whole procedure.
他没有告诉过她,关于整个事情的进行,她简直什么都不知道。
There was little enough in him to brighten her face, for he was a sullen young fellow, and ungracious in his manner even to her.
他这个人,照说没有什么可取的地方足以使她笑逐颜开的,因为他是个乖戾的青年人,即使对她也没有什么礼貌之可言。
We are sure to come at the heart of the matter by your means, little old woman.
小老太太,凭你的本事,我们一定能达到目的。
She was very beautiful, a little pale. A half smile played around the corners of her mouth.
她很美丽,面色略有点苍白,嘴角微微的露出笑容。
It does not matter, heard her mother since childhood, said Little Red Riding Hood, Grandma died, they get a lot of money.
不要紧,小红帽从小就听妈妈说,外婆死了,她们就会得到好多好多的钱。
None of these options have yet been taken up and the company says little interest has been expressed the acquiring a multirole J-11.
而上述方案都没有被采纳,并且该公司称解放军空军对期望获得多用途J-11并没有表露太多兴趣。
Setting up the BIO object here is a little different from setting it up for a client connection.
此处对BIO对象的设置与客户机连接使用的BIO设置稍有不同。
She thought the best way of getting a little quiet was to take Nana to the nursery for a moment, but in custody of course.
她想,要得到清静,最好是领着娜娜去育儿室看看,当然,娜娜是在她的监管之下。
that's what the little orange runt was trying to hint at the whole time! i'm such a fool! ! !
而这正是那个发育不良的橘色小矮子从头到尾试图暗示的事!我真是傻透了!
Now there was a little garden next to the bewitched house, and in it there were twelve lilies, the kind that are called "students. "
这座被人使了魔法的屋子有个小花园,里面开着十二朵百合花。
Mu hubby suggested that I go for a walk on the beach and he would take care of the babies while I got a little bit of ME time.
我的丈夫建议我去沙滩走走,他会在我享受这仅有的一点属于自己的时间的时候担负起照顾小孩的任务。
Clean surface can be coated with a little soft cleaning cloth, in the case of gently wipe off the keyboard surface.
清洁表面,可在软布上沾上少许清洁剂,在关机的情况下轻轻擦拭键盘表面。
That's my buffer. . . I wanted to leave a little room in the budget, just in case---it's better to be safe than sorry.
这是我留的备用金…我想在预算里留点余地以防万一—宁愿稳妥免致后悔。
he might need a little more encouragement, i understand this point.
他可能需要更多一点的鼓励,这一点我理解。
In any case, give some thought to the size of this project and how much (or how little) estimation you can do.
无论如何,思考一下这个项目的大小,看看你能预估多少东西。
When it was my turn, I sat with them at the little banquet table we had created in the waiting room. We talked for a while about dreams.
当轮到我参加聚会时,我和他们围坐在一个小餐桌(我们在候诊室里自己搭建的)前,谈论了一会有关梦想的话题。
You know, I'm a little bit taller than Ray, so I can get a hand up, challenge him a little bit more.
你知道,我是一个身高超过雷一点,这样我就可以得到一个手,挑战他一点点。
and I am so proud of myself, you know, I am a man , not a woman. and paper's art looked a little un normal for all the man.
我感到很自豪,你知道,我是个男人不是女人,折纸艺术多男人来说实在有点儿变态。
The little girl had begun to get antsy facing backward, and it was clear to her mother that it was time.
这个可爱的小姑娘就开始焦躁的面向后面,现在确实是让她的妈妈清楚的时候了。
You know, all well maybe do is tweak some little things that we dont like about it, some systems that we think were maybe a little broken.
我们所需要做的是对一些我们不满意的小细节进行改进,一些系统出现了小问题。
Perhaps three thousand years of history have made us Indians a little too familiar with one another for our own good.
也许印度3000年的历史使得我们印度人由于互相帮助使得相互之间就有点过于熟悉。
He was an uncommonly lively and interesting father, I think now, but I really had little idea of that at the time.
现在想来,他绝对是一个异常乐观活跃、趣味横生的父亲,但小时候的我对此却真的知之甚少。
He breakfasted heartily, and caring little, as he said, for the beauties of the Eternal City , ordered post-horses at noon.
他美美地吃了早餐,然后,正如他所说的,因为对这“不朽之城”的美景并不关心,便吩咐车夫在中午给他备好马车。
In a minute he returned carrying a little black wand with a red berry on the top of it.
过了一会,他带着一根顶端有红莓的黑色小魔杖进来。
In a little while he rose to the surface of the water with the ball in his mouth, and threw it on the grass.
过了一会,他嘴里衔着球浮出水面,把球丢在草地上。
Misery came a little while afterwards and began shouting at them because he said he could not see what they had done.
过了一会儿,瘟神来了,对他们大发脾气,他说他看不出他们干了些什么。
She was a little coy about how much her dress cost.
她对她那件衣服花了多少钱有点吞吞吐吐。
Poor little Fanny! It went to my heart to adopt the grand air with her, and tell her to call me "sir" .
可怜的小范妮!我对她采取了高高在上的态度,告诉她叫我“先生”。
Next, he wished to see a little of the working of a flourmill.
还有一层,他想多少见识见识面粉厂的情况。
I looked up, and she was looking at me pretty curious, and smiling a little.
我抬起头来瞧了瞧,她正带着好奇的眼光望着我笑呢。
They were all in such a stir, trying to put a little spirit into the party.
他们都心神不安,竭力想给晚会增加点儿气氛。
Maggie was curled into a little heap, with her thumb in her mouth and her rag-decorated hair all around her.
麦琪弯得象只小虾,大拇指含在嘴巴里,满头披散着她那用破布条装饰起来的头发。
The little man beside him was bald and rosy-cheeked, with small black eyes and a sensual mouth.
站在他身旁的矮个子是秃顶,两颊红润,一对小而黑的眼睛,一张肉感的嘴。
Only when he came to the word tarnish, he looked upon his lace like one a little mortified.
只是当他读到“失去光泽”这几个字的时候,他望望自己的花边,似乎感到了一点耻辱。