Little

我们沿河走了不远。

他没有什么消息告诉我们。

我们没有从他们那儿得到什么帮助。

我们一点也不相信他会伤害我们。

我不能以我的小事去麻烦他。

【记】※ little-小的,litter-乱丢:不要把小的碎纸片乱丢 ※ li-拼音“里”,tt-拼音“太太”,le-拼音“乐”:太太乐鸡精都是小颗粒,很少有大颗粒的 ※ li-拼音“里”,tt-似数字“七七”,l-似数字“1”,e-拼音“鹅”:里面能装771只鹅的物体是不小的

ittle adj[usu attrib 通常作定语] (Thecomparative and superlative forms, littler and littlest are rare. It is more common to use smaller, smallest. 此词的比较级和最高级罕用littler和littlest而常用smaller和smallest. ) 1 not big; small 小的: six little puppies 六只小狗 a little coffee-table 小咖啡桌 a little movement of impatience 不耐烦的小动作 a little group of tourists 一小批游客 There's a little mark on your sleeve. 你的袖子上有一小块污迹. a house with a little garden 带小花园的房子 little holes to let air in 通气的小孔. 2 (of distance or time) short （指距离或时间）短的 It's only a little way now. 现在没多远了. You may have to wait a little while. 你可能得等上一小会儿. Shall we go for a little walk? 散会儿步好吗? 3 (used usu after nice, pretty, sweet, nasty, etc to express the speaker's feeling of affection, pleasure, annoyance, etc 通常用於nice、 pretty、 sweet、 nasty等之後表示亲切、 快乐、 嫌恶等) a nice little room 玲珑的房间 a sweet little child 长得很甜的孩子 a funny little restaurant 古里古怪的餐厅 What a nasty little man! 多麽讨人厌的家伙! A (dear) little old lady helped me find my way. 有位（可亲）可敬的老太太帮我找到路了. There's a little shop on the corner that sells bread. 街角上有那麽个卖面包的 子. 4 not important; insignificant 不重要的; 不足道的: a little mistake 小错 We only had a little snack at lunchtime. 我们午饭只吃了一点小吃. 5 young 幼小的: I had curly hair when I was little. 我小时候是鬈发. My little (ie younger) brother is 18. 我弟弟18岁. 6 small when compared with others （相比之下）小的 one's little finger 小指 the little hand of the clock 钟的短针 `Which packet would you prefer?' `I'll take the little one.' ｀你喜欢哪一包?＇｀我要?quot;?＇ =>Usage at small 用法见small. 7 (idm 习语) big, etc oaks from little acorns grow => oak. in little (fml 文) on a small scale 小规模地. a little bird told me (that...) (joc 谑) I know but will not tell you how, or from whom, I know 我知道, 但我不告诉你我是怎麽知道的. twist sb round one's little finger => twist. little indef det (used with [U] ns 与不可数名词连用) a small amount (of sth); not enough 小量的; 不足的; 不多的 I have very little time for reading. 我没有多少时间看书. We had little rain all summer. 一夏天几乎没下雨. There's little point in telling her now. 现在告诉她已没有什麽意义了. =>Usage at much1 用法见much1. little indef pron (used as a n when preceded by the 在the之後, 用作名词) a small amount 些少; 少量 Little of the music was recognizable. 那音乐差不多都难於辨识. I understood little of what he said. 他说的我只听懂一点儿. We read a lot of poetry at school I remember very little now. 我们上学时念过不少诗--现在我记得的所剩无几. The little that I have seen of his work is satisfactory. 他的工作就我所见的那一小部分而言是令人满意的. little adv 1 not much; only slightly 些少; 稍许 He is little known as an artist. 他是个不出名的艺术家. She left little more than an hour ago. 她离开一个多钟头了. I slept very little last night. 昨晚我睡得很少. Little does he know (ie He doesn't know) what trouble he's in. 他对自己所处何种地步茫无所知. 2 (idm 习语) ,little by `little making progress slowly, gradually 一点一点地; 逐渐地 Little by little the snow disappeared. 雪渐渐消失. His English is improving little by little. 他的英语渐有提高. ,little or `nothing hard...

*['litl]n. 一点点, 少许, 一会儿, 短时间a. 小的, 很少的, 幼小的, 琐碎的, 短暂的, 矮小的ad. 很少, 稍微, 完全不相关词组: take no little pains over sth give sb not a little trouble be not a little bewildered set little by think little of not a little little by little make little of a little after a little for a little in little little or nothing