few
音标发音
- 英式音标 [fjuː]
- 美式音标 [fjuː]
- 国际音标 [fju:]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 很少的；几乎没有的
- pron. 很少
- n. 很少数
- n. (Few)人名；(英)菲尤
词源解说
- 直接源自中古英语的fewe；最初源自古英语的feawa，意为少，少的。
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- fewer：较少的。
- int性质的同根词
- fewer：较少数。
- n性质的同根词
- fewness：少数。
- pron性质的同根词
- fewer：较少数。
用法辨析
- few用作代词时,意思是“很少,几个”,作主语时谓语动词须用复数形式。
- only few, so few相当于few,表示否定; some few相当于some,表示肯定。
pron. (代词)
英汉例句
- He is a man of few words.
他是个沉默寡言的人。 - Changes in policy were few.
政策很少变化。 - Few know and few care.
很少有人知道,也很少有人关心。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ～+ n.
用作表语: S+be+～
用作代词 (pron.)
词组短语
- few words 沉默寡言的人，少言寡语的
- few years 没有几年
- have few 喝几杯
- chosen 〔select〕 few 精选出的少数
- faithful few 少数几个忠诚的人
- for few 为少数人
- of few 在…中的几个
- Happy Few 少数幸运儿;所以我快乐;你快乐;快乐不多
- Few words 三言两语;话很少;沉默寡言的人;用几句话
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词
用作代词 (pron.)
动词+～
形容词+～
介词+～
短语
英英字典
- (SOME) some, or a small number of something
- (NOT MANY) a small number or not many
- 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.
剑桥英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 很少的
- [空中截击用语]不多，少量(表示发现“7架或少于7架”敌机)；(任何少于8个的)少数人(或物)