smaller
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- adj.(尺寸、數量、程度等)小的;(服裝、食品、家庭用品等)小號的;小 (opp. large) 少 (opp. large, numerous) 細小的
- n.腰部;細小部分;瑣碎東西;身分低的人;后腰;小件衣服(尤指內衣)
- adv.成為小塊;小小地;輕輕地(講等)
- 網絡更小的;較小;較小的
詞形變化
比較級:smaller 最高級:smallest 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
小not large
1. | (尺寸、數量、程度等)小的not large in size, number, degree, amount, etc. |
| a small house/town/car/man 小房子;小鎮;小型汽車;小個子男人 |
| A much smaller number of students passed than I had expected. 通過考試的學生比我預計的少得多。 |
| They're having a relatively small wedding. 他們的婚禮不準備大辦。 |
| That dress is too small for you. 那件連衣裙你穿太小。 |
| ‘I don't agree,’ he said in a small(= quiet) voice. “我不同意。”他小聲說。 |
2. | (服裝、食品、家庭用品等)小號的,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 小號、中號、大號 |
| This is too big─have you got a small one? 這個太大了,有沒有小的? |
3. | (同類事物中)小的not as big as sth else of the same kind |
年幼young
| They have three small children. 他們有三個年幼的孩子。 |
| We travelled around a lot when I was small. 我小的時候,我們時常四處旅行。 |
| As a small boy he had spent most of his time with his grandparents. 他幼年時多半時間是跟爺爺奶奶在一起。 |
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. 我對報告只做了幾處小改動。 |
| She noticed several small errors in his work. 她注意到他作業中有幾處小錯。 |
| Everything had been planned down to the smallest detail. 一切都已做了細致入微的安排。 |
| It was no small achievement getting her to agree to the deal. 能讓她同意那筆交易可是個不小的成就。 |
企業business
6. | [ubn] 小規模的not doing business on a very large scale |
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| The government is planning to give more help to small businesses. 政府正計劃給予小企業更多幫助。 |
字母letters
7. | [ubn] 小寫的not written or printed as capitals |
| Should I write ‘god’ with a small ‘g’ or a capital? god 里面的字母 g,我該寫成小寫還是大寫? |
| She's a socialist with a small ‘s’(= she has socialist ideas but is not a member of a socialist party) . 她信仰社會主義,但不是社會黨人。 |
少not much
8. | [obn] 極少的;不多的little; not much |
| The government has small cause for optimism. 幾乎沒有什么可以使政府感到樂觀的。 |
| They have small hope of succeeding. 他們成功的希望不大。 |
| Chop the cabbage up small. 把卷心菜剁碎。 |
| You can fit it all in if you write very small. 你字寫小點,就可以全部填進去。 |
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(尤指內衣)small items of clothing, especially underwear |
習慣用語
be grateful/thankful for small mercies
為情況不太壞而慶幸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,至少你沒受傷。我想這就該讓我們知足了。 |
its a small world
(意外遇見某人或發現對方也認識某人時表示驚訝)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
顯得(或感覺)矮人一截;愧不如人to look or feel stupid, weak, ashamed, etc.
英漢解釋
adj. | 1. 小 (opp. large) 少 (opp. large, numerous) 細小的;窄小的;瑣細的;些微的;少額的(收入等);小規模的 |
n. | 3. 同“小商品;〔英口〕小件洗濯物;〔英牛津大學〕〔pl.〕responsions. (the) great and (the) small” |
adv. | |
英英解釋
例句
Democrats in Texas held a smaller caucus as well as a primary, which Mr Obama appeared to have won along with a primary in Vermont.
得克薩斯州的民主黨人舉行了一場規模較小的預備會議和一場初選,奧巴馬先生在贏得佛蒙特州初選的同時,似乎對這兩場活動也是勝券在握。
With a calm mind he divided the huge lump of gold into these four smaller lumps. Then it was easy to carry them home on four separate trips.
他平靜地把一大塊金子分成四小塊,然后分四次,輕而易舉地把金子拿回了家。
With a smaller stomach, you feel full after eating less food (as little as a few ounces ), so you don't eat as much and you lose weight.
胃小了,吃少量的食物就感覺飽了(少的只吃幾盎司),因此吃不了那么多食物了,體重也就下降了。
Two others had been flung down at the same spot, with the smaller one pinned beneath a heavyset man sitting on top of him.
還有兩個人摔到一處去了,矮小的被壓在下面,大個子坐在他身上。
If you do not wish to have fish in your aquatic environment, consider a smaller pond that will act as a collection point for a waterfall.
如果您不希望在你的水生環境中的魚,考慮一個小池塘,將作為一個瀑布收集點。
Her mother being much smaller of frame, Patty felt somewhat like a grandfather clock that Joyce was endeavoring to lift and move.
喬伊斯的個頭要小得多,帕蒂覺得她好像正費力地抬起并搬動一座落地鐘。
The remainder, people said, would come as the bank records a tax gain from holding a smaller slice of BlackRock, the money manager.
知情人士表示,剩余資金將來自因減持資產管理公司貝萊德所產生的稅務收益。
"In recent years, herder numbers have gotten smaller, " she said. "Many herders have moved to the town to work for the mining company. "
“這幾年,放牧的人數減少了,”她說道,“很多放牧人都搬到城里,為采礦公司打工。”
It was designed to be a smaller and simpler version of its predecessors, suitable for writing system-level programs, like operating systems.
語言被設計一個比它的前輩更精巧、更簡單的版本,它適于編寫系統級的程序,比如操作系統。
But I would be a little nervous about this merger if I were a vendor focused on the smaller end of the market.
但是如果我是關注于小型市場終端的廠商,我就會有點擔心這一合并。
Most of these Mayan pyramids had a platform on the top on which was constructed a smaller building, dedicated to any of the Mayan deities.
大多數瑪雅金字塔的頂端都有一個平臺,平臺上還建有一個小型建筑,用來祭拜瑪雅的諸位神靈。
e. g. We now have such fast ways of traveling that this big ocean seems to have grown smaller.
我們現在有太多快速的旅行方式,因此大西洋看起來好像小了很多。
A unit of two or more squadrons in the U. S. Air Force, smaller than a wing.
空軍大隊美國空軍中的編制,由兩個或兩個以上的中隊組成,小于飛行聯隊
Calving occurs when pieces of the ice break off and float into the sea, or when a large iceberg breaks up into a smaller one.
崩解發生在當部分冰層斷裂漂入海中或是當大塊冰山破裂成小塊時。
Kostya was one year younger than I, smaller in size, quiet in appearance, but actually a scapegrace and a rogue.
柯斯佳比我小一歲,他身材不高,外表文雅,而實際上是一個頑皮大王。
In this approach, the heap is divided into a set of cards, each of which is usually smaller than a memory page.
在這種方法中,堆分為一組卡片,每個卡片一般都小于一個內存頁。
Before you know it, a project to build a building becomes numerous smaller projects, such as excavation, foundation work, and marketing.
大樓建造項目可被分成許多更小的項目,例如,挖掘、打地基和建材采購。
He said the two carmakers would be restructured, turned into smaller, but stronger firms.
他說,兩個汽車巨頭都將被重組,轉變為規模更小,但是更加有實力的公司。
In some smaller restaurants with fewer people dining, like the case of a couple of diners, the measure's adoption could be optional.
有一些小餐館就餐人數比較少,比如一兩個人、兩三個人,可以有一些隨意的情況。
FLATOW: So if it were a little bigger or a little smaller, then all things would be different.
伏拉湯姆:那么,如果它稍大或稍小一點的話,是不是所有的東西就會有所不同?
Loads on a model during the establishment of the high-speed flow(starting loads)are smaller.
高速氣流建立過程中,施于模型的負荷(啟動負荷)較小。
The shorter the wavelength, the smaller the limit of resolution of a microscope.
波長越短,顯微鏡的分辨限就越小。
The less the wavelength, the smaller can be the region of confinement of the wave.
波長越短,波的局限區域就越短。
The floors were made of smaller logs.
地板用的是較細的木料。
A smaller grim door on the left hand admitted to the stone staircase, and the rooms on the ground floor.
左邊一扇較小的堅固的門,通向一道石梯,以及樓下的房間。
The aversion of the radicals to add their own monomers is the greater, the smaller the corresponding r, or, r2 value.
自由基對自己的單體的疏遠性越大,則相應的r和r2的數值就越小。
Only the smaller dwellings interested him.
他只對那種比較低矮的住宅感興趣。
This pipe connects with a smaller one.
這管子和一個較小的管子連通著。
The DNA molecule is compounded from many smaller molecules.
脫氧核糖核酸分子是由許多更小的分子組成的。
Most of the smaller hornblendite bodies contain about 5-10 percent magnetite, with only local sporadic enrichment.
在小的角閃巖體中,磁鐵礦可占510%,僅有局部的散染狀富集。
This desk looks fine, but it is a little [bit] smaller.
這張桌子倒很好看,不過小了點兒。
Two cases can be made smaller than any datum in the given.
兩件事的已知條件的差別能變得任意小。
Classes are much smaller at the private schools.
私立小學的班要小得多。
A hawk eats smaller birds and animals.
鷹叼食小鳥和小動物。
We must try to make the world smaller for the terrorists.
我們必須努力縮小恐怖分子的活動余地。
"However, smaller carriers are more open to the concept, as are carriers with a high exposure to the spot market, " he said.
“然而,由于現貨市場中承擔了很高風險,故規模較小的承運人對該概念持更開放的態度,”他說。
In the long run, the net result of China's actions will be a smaller share of this lucrative market.
從長遠來看,中國實施稀土出口限制的最終結果,只會是在這個利潤豐厚的市場所占份額下降。
As you know we've merged several smaller enterprises in Los Angeles.
正如你們所知道的,我們在洛杉磯兼并了幾個小公司。
It may be hard to see in this smaller version, but the bullets that make up the image of Nic Cage are a sublime touch.
可能從畫面里看不出什么,但是用子彈拼湊的尼斯實在是一種壯美。創造性的設計。
Although smaller sellers, eBay's traditional clientele, are up in arms, the changes seem to have stemmed the decline somewhat.
盡管eBay傳統的小型客戶矢口否認,這些變化仿佛是衰落之源。
Mofcom also said the deal would have had an adverse impact on China's smaller domestic juice makers.
商務部還表示,該交易會對中國規模較小的果汁生產商帶來不利影響。
If the company behind one of the largest dating sites on the web is using that, just imagine what smaller shops might be limping along with.
作為世界上最大的約會網站之一,eHarmony卻在用著這樣的內網,可以想象那些小機構會有多么困難了。
Gathering an ideal team is often a challenge for smaller design groups and organizations with limited FPGA design experience.
對于缺乏FPGA設計經驗的較小的設計機構和組織來說,組建一支理想的團隊經常是個挑戰。
At Einstein's autopsy in 1955, his brain was something of a disappointment: it turned out to be a tad smaller than the average Joe's.
在1955年對愛因斯坦尸體的解剖中,他的大腦多少讓人有些失望——它比成年男子大腦的平均體積還稍微小一點。
Mr Ouyang said the company had already bought several coupon site groups to help it enter smaller cities, and would continue to do so.
歐陽云表示,高朋已收購了幾家團購網站,助其打入中小城市市場,該公司將繼續堅持這一戰略。
"If I cannot debut with a top team, I will have to first prove myself with a smaller one, " he added.
如果我不能一上來就到頂尖車隊,那么我首先必須要做的就是在小車隊證明我自己。
Mergers and acquisitions are likely to pick up, not least because some smaller funds of funds may have to put themselves up for sale.
合并和兼并很可能會加速,尤其是因為一些小的組合基金可能不得不將自己出售。
Because the screens are smaller, such mobile traffic tends to be driven by specialty software, mostly apps, designed for a single purpose.
因為屏幕變小了,這種移動數據傳輸趨向由專用軟件驅動,一般而言,是為單一目標而開發的應用。
NICK: Yes, I'm afraid we've had a bit of an internal reorganization here and we'll be sending a much smaller team.
尼克:是的,恐怕由于我們進行了一個小的內部調整,所以我們的代表團要比原計劃的小很多。
Dressed in full military regalia, the general was seated in his jeep, appearing smaller than I had expected.
這個司令穿著一身軍事行頭,坐在吉普車里,看上去比我想象中的還要矮小。
Whereas festivals get the big bands on the stage, smaller venues are important for new bands trying to make a name for themselves.
節日里大牌樂隊登臺演出,但小型場地對想出名的新樂隊來說是很重要的。
And yet the number of casualties in Chile appears to be exponentially smaller, with the official death toll still in the hundreds.
不過,智利地震的死難人數以幾何倍增角度看似乎更少,官方公布的死亡人數只有數百名。
And on top of that smaller families combine with greater wealth to reinforce the imperative to produce a son.
較小的家庭與較大的財富相結合,強化了必須生一個兒子愿望。
As noted earlier, a large project is often broken into smaller sub-projects.
就像之前提到的,一個大型的項目通過被分解成多個小項目。
In fact, it's quite a bit smaller than I was anticipating it to be.
這比我預計的要小很多。