smallest
美 [smɔl] 
英 [smɔːl]
- adj.（尺寸、数量、程度等）小的；（服装、食品、家庭用品等）小号的；小 (opp. large) 少 (opp. large, numerous) 细小的
- n.腰部；细小部分；琐碎东西；身分低的人；后腰；小件衣服（尤指内衣）
- adv.成为小块；小小地；轻轻地(讲等)
- 网络最小；最小的；最短的
词形变化
比较级：smaller 最高级：smallest 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
小not large
1. | （尺寸、数量、程度等）小的not large in size, number, degree, amount, etc. |
| a small house/town/car/man 小房子；小镇；小型汽车；小个子男人 |
| A much smaller number of students passed than I had expected. 通过考试的学生比我预计的少得多。 |
| They're having a relatively small wedding. 他们的婚礼不准备大办。 |
| That dress is too small for you. 那件连衣裙你穿太小。 |
| ‘I don't agree,’ he said in a small(= quiet) voice. “我不同意。”他小声说。 |
2. | （服装、食品、家庭用品等）小号的，小型的used to describe one size in a range of sizes of clothes, food, products used in the house, etc. |
| small, medium, large 小号、中号、大号 |
| This is too big─have you got a small one? 这个太大了，有没有小的？ |
3. | （同类事物中）小的not as big as sth else of the same kind |
年幼young
| They have three small children. 他们有三个年幼的孩子。 |
| We travelled around a lot when I was small. 我小的时候，我们时常四处旅行。 |
| As a small boy he had spent most of his time with his grandparents. 他幼年时多半时间是跟爷爷奶奶在一起。 |
不重要not important
5. | 些微的；不重要的slight; not important |
| I made only a few small changes to the report. 我对报告只做了几处小改动。 |
| She noticed several small errors in his work. 她注意到他作业中有几处小错。 |
| Everything had been planned down to the smallest detail. 一切都已做了细致入微的安排。 |
| It was no small achievement getting her to agree to the deal. 能让她同意那笔交易可是个不小的成就。 |
企业business
6. | [ubn] 小规模的not doing business on a very large scale |
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| The government is planning to give more help to small businesses. 政府正计划给予小企业更多帮助。 |
字母letters
7. | [ubn] 小写的not written or printed as capitals |
| Should I write ‘god’ with a small ‘g’ or a capital? god 里面的字母 g，我该写成小写还是大写？ |
| She's a socialist with a small ‘s’(= she has socialist ideas but is not a member of a socialist party) . 她信仰社会主义，但不是社会党人。 |
少not much
8. | [obn] 极少的；不多的little; not much |
| The government has small cause for optimism. 几乎没有什么可以使政府感到乐观的。 |
| They have small hope of succeeding. 他们成功的希望不大。 |
| Chop the cabbage up small. 把卷心菜剁碎。 |
| You can fit it all in if you write very small. 你字写小点，就可以全部填进去。 |
1. | [sing] the ~ of the/sb's back 后腰the lower part of the back where it curves in |
2. | [pl]
小件衣服（尤指内衣）small items of clothing, especially underwear |
习惯用语
be grateful/thankful for small mercies
为情况不太坏而庆幸to be happy that a situation that is bad is not as bad as it could have been
| Well, at least you weren't hurt. I suppose we should be grateful for small mercies. 嗨，至少你没受伤。我想这就该让我们知足了。 |
its a small world
（意外遇见某人或发现对方也认识某人时表示惊讶）世界真小used to express your surprise when you meet sb you know in an unexpected place, or when you are talking to sb and find out that you both know the same person
look/feel small
显得（或感觉）矮人一截；愧不如人to look or feel stupid, weak, ashamed, etc.
英汉解释
adj. | 1. 小 (opp. large) 少 (opp. large, numerous) 细小的;窄小的;琐细的;些微的;少额的(收入等);小规模的 |
n. | 3. 同“小商品;〔英口〕小件洗濯物;〔英牛津大学〕〔pl.〕responsions. (the) great and (the) small” |
adv. | |
英英解释
例句
The GAT is one of the smallest Imperial Navy vessels to be equipped with a hyperdrive, providing class two hyperspace performance.
gat是帝国海军中装备超空间推进器的最小的船只，推进器赋予它二级超空间性能。
Even the smallest collar I found was too big for him. And when he began to eat, I had to watch him all the time.
对他来说，我找到的最小的项圈也过大。当他吃东西的时候，我要一直看着他。
He never dropped the smallest hint to you or any of your family.
他并未向你或你家里的任何人透露过一点点口风。
The smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long.
在坎坷的生活道路上，最细小的礼貌如同在漫长的冬天为我们歌唱的小鸟。
For he knew he would recognize the smallest thing that had belonged to her or that she had touched.
因为他知道：凡是她的东西，或她曾经碰过的东西，不论多么微细，他都认得出。
and had not the smallest doubt (nor have I now) that there would be a general cry-out upon her extreme good luck.
直到现在，我都毫不怀疑，如果大家得知她居然获得这么好的运气，准会大声赞叹。
here ' s another way to look at it : one of the smallest parts of a car is the ignition key . yet , without it , you don ' t move forward.
不妨从另一角度来看：车的启动钥匙是最小的组件，可是没有它，您却寸步难前。
One of the most surprising things about football in England is the great knowledge of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have.
在英国关于足球最令人惊奇的事之一是人们对足球知识的了解，甚至是很小的男孩似乎都知道很多。
Everything of the smallest value had been used to get money, even his children's school books.
所有稍稍值钱的东西，甚至他的孩子们上学用的书都用来换了钱。
on the third day , the smallest restaurant put up a small sign which said " the best restaurant on this block . "
第三天，街上最小的餐馆挂出了一个小牌子“本街最好的餐馆”。
Such a lens would permit me to see life in the smallest parts of its development.
这样的镜头会允许我看到它的发展是最小的零件寿命。
The Norwich Terrier, spirited and stocky with sensitive prick ears and a slightly foxy expression, is one of the smallest working terriers .
挪威梗，勇敢而矮小壮实，灵敏的小耳朵竖着，表情略带狡猾，是最小的工作梗之一。
You seem to be looking over the smallest details of any financial negotiation or contract.
你会仔细检查任何财务协议或者合同的最小细节。
It is permissible to call the smallest quantity which can be the object of such a decision a unit.
我们可以把那作为选择对象的最小量叫做一个单位。
I had not the smallest doubt that you were telling lies.
我从没想到你在撒谎。
Bugs are a part of the daily life of every programmer because even the smallest loops and the tiniest function calls can have bugs in them.
bug是每位程序员日常生活的一部分，因为就算是最小的循环和最简单的函数调用之中也会有bug。
It had been the smallest event of all that had unsettled him the most.
使他感到最不安的事情是一件最微不足道的插曲。
He might suddenly find himself in a fight--initiating one--and the smallest incident may serve as a trigger.
他会突然发现他自己变得一触即发，极小的事情会成为导火索而引爆。
"I should like to know which of us will travel furthest, " said the smallest of the five; "we shall soon see now. "
“我倒想要知道，我们之中谁会走得最远！”最小的一粒豆说。
HE weighs just a few ounces. You can put him in a coffee cup. Tom Thumb is a Chihuahua in Britain. He may be the smallest dog in the world.
他体重仅几盎司你可以把他放在咖啡杯汤姆大拇是在英国的吉娃娃…他可能是最小的狗在成为世界第二大贸易国。
He never dropped the smallest hint to you or any of your family.
他并未向你或你家里的任何人透露过一点点口风。
For he knew he would recognize the smallest thing that had belonged to her or that she had touched.
因为他知道：凡是她的东西，或她曾经碰过的东西，不论多么微细，他都认得出。
"Oh, I'll ask her to stay" , said Bertha anxious to obey her husband's smallest wish.
“啊，我将会要求她留下来。”伯莎说，极希望顺从丈夫的哪怕是微小的愿望。
If you had asked me not to go, if you had even showed the smallest sign of regretting my departure, I think I should have broken down.
如果你要求我不走，如果你对我的出走显示了哪怕是微乎其微的伤心迹象，我想我也不会和你决裂。
The smallest part of the plant cover that can be distinguished as a phytocoenological unit is the "coenocell" .
可以区分出来作为植物群落学单位的植被的最小部分是“群落单元”。
The glories strung like beads on my smallest sights and hearings, on the walk in the street and the passage over the river.
我在街上走，我从河上过，看到和听到的最小的东西上都挂着晶莹如珠的光华。
The smallest child piped up with the answer.
最小的那个小孩尖声地说出了答案。
He went home and read far into the smallest hour.
他回到家中，攻读到深夜。
An elephant said to a mouse , "no doubt that you are the smallest and most useless thing that I have ever seen . "
一头大象对一只小老鼠说：“你无疑是我见过的最小、最没用的东西。”
She had a broad beam and a shallow draft, ideal for making her way up the smallest of streams and crab walking over sandbars.
她横梁宽和吃水浅，是那种适合在溪流中穿梭、沙洲间横行的理想船只。
Furthermore, the aspect of architecture that truly moves people the most is often hidden away in the smallest of details.
而且建筑的最动人处，其实也常是隐藏在最细微的角落。
I lived there for quite a few years, I chose the smallest room so it was not that cold in winter and I could not afford a good heater.
在这里住几年，我选择最小的房间因为这样冬天比较不冷，我没钱买好的热气机。
The smallest mouse suddenly had a good idea and shouted: "Why not roll it as a pumpkin cart. It must be very interesting! "
最小的老鼠突然有了一个好主意便叫道：“为什么不把它滚起来就像南瓜车一样，这肯定非常有趣！”
The immediate team is the smallest unit, greater than a single person, that collaborates to produce a product or discrete part of a product.
直接团队是最小的单元，仅仅比个体大的单元，它参与产品生产或者产品不连续部分生产的合作。
Swallow, the world's smallest cow "It's been a fantastic year for record breaking, " he said.
他说：“这将会是破吉尼斯纪录极不可思议的一年。”
Self Portrait, from 1630, is one of only five paintings he executed on copper, and one of his smallest, the size of a hardback book.
1630年自画像是他的五幅镀金铜版画之一，也是最小的画作之一，只有精装书大小。
I told him people are waiting for him to have the smallest mistake, and they're going to blow it out of proportion.
我告诉他人们盼望着他少犯错误，尽量减少犯错的机率。
To do this, ask the patient to cover one eye, hold the card about 14 inches away from his eyes, and read aloud the smallest print possible.
要做到这一点，要求患者遮住一只眼睛，拿着一张远离他的眼睛约14英寸的卡片，并让他朗读字体尽可能小的印刷品。
It was the smallest of all. There was just enough room on it for a street lamp and a lamplighter .
它是所有行星之中最小的一颗，其空间仅容一盏街灯和一个灯夫。
He made the world's smallest working train model with a knife and his own hands.
他用一把小刀和他的双手制作了世界上最小的工作火车模型。
It had not produced the smallest effect on her in that point to which it principally tended.
这番谈话对于她想要达到的主要目的没有产生丝毫影响。
The smallest planet made out of the dense stuff with the most lunar-like landscape at its surface, and yet, generating magnetic field.
这颗最小的星球由密集的物质组成，好像月面景观在其表面一样，然而，却产生着磁场。
On the busiest of days, even the smallest child can simply look up to see fish. And that view is spectacular.
在游客如织的日子，连身材最矮小的孩子也只要抬头一望就能够着到鱼群，那幅景象相当壮观。
The smallest of the three, privately held Chrysler, did not say how much it had lost, but an educated guess was about $2 billion.
三家中最小的私营性质的Chrysler，没有说自己损失多少，但比较靠谱的猜测是20亿美元。
This level is achieved by grouping 2 or more hard disks into a single unit with the total size equaling that of the smallest of disks used.
这个级别是通过把2块或更多的硬盘组成一个逻辑卷，容量大小等于所使用磁盘的最小的那块。
I also remember that the smallest gesture of affection would bring a lump to my throat, whether it was directed at me or at someone else.
我还记得那最微小的举动显示出的爱意，不论是对我还是对别人，竟使我哽咽欲泣。
Nitric oxide(NO) is one of the ten smallest chemical molecules found so far in nature and is a small highly diffusible bioactive molecule.
一氧化氮（NO）是迄今发现的自然界中十个最小的化学分子之一，是一种易扩散的生物活性分子。
He never dropped the smallest hint of it to you or any of your family.
他从来没向您或您家的任何人透露过一点儿消息。
