small 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。 2.吝啬的,小器的,小心眼儿的。 3.难为情的,觉得羞耻的;低级的,贫穷的;卑劣的。 4.(雨)细微的;(声音)微弱的;(酒等)清淡的。 ★ little 含有可怜可爱的意思, small 只照实叙述事实。 a small (bottle of) soda (water) 一小瓶苏打水。 a small audience 人数不多的听众。 small years 小时候,幼年。 small arms 轻便武器,〔尤指〕步枪。 small errors 小过,小错。 small rain 细雨。 He has small French and less German. 他不大懂法语,德语更不行。 It is small of you to say so. 你这样说那就小气了。 a small nature 小心眼。 small cares and worries 无谓的操心烦恼。 small punkins 〔美国〕无足轻重的;所谓要人;〔讽刺语〕小要人〔其实是不足道的小人物〕。 and small blame to him 对他没有多少可以责备的地方。 and small wonder 没有什么奇怪的。 and such small deer 其他闲杂人等,其他的人们。 be great in small matters 小事聪明。 by small and small 慢慢地,一点一点地。 feel small 觉得难为情,觉得羞耻。 in a small way 小规模地;朴素地。 in small numbers 少。 It is small wonder that (这件事)并不足怪。 live in a small way 简朴谨慎地过日子。 look small 显得渺小,自渐形秽。 of no small consequence 重大的。 on the small side 比较小。 n. 1.〔the small〕 细小部分;〔尤指〕腰部。 2.小物,琐碎东西;身分低的人。 3.〔pl.〕小商品;〔英口〕小件洗濯物;〔英牛津大学〕〔pl.〕=responsions. (the) great and (the) small 身分高高低低的人们。 a small and early 人少而早散的晚会。 in small=〔罕用语〕 in the small 小规模。 Small is beautiful. 〔谚语〕小的就是好的,越小越好。 adv. 小声地,轻轻地(讲等)。
A small section of rock juts out into the harbour . 山岩的一小角突入港湾。
Farm workers make up only a small section of the population 农民只占人口的一小部分
A small section of a very large temporary pelican rookery gathers near lake eyre in far western queensland -整群塘鹅聚集在昆士兰省西部的艾耳湖。
Lily : and finally , there is a small section on polar exploration , including franklin ' s expeditions 极地探险包括弗兰克林的多次探险活动,他在19世纪的时候就探险到过北极。
" concentrate a big force to strike at a small section of the enemy force " remains a principle of field operations in guerrilla warfare “集中大力,打敌小部” ,仍然是游击战争战场作战的原则之一。
Although the possibility is remote3 , diode failure4 might eventually cause a small section of bare wire to contact the metal cabinet 虽然这种可能性很小,但二极管故障可能最终导致一小部分裸线与金属盒接触。
A control might need to paint only a portion of its available area , as is the case when a small section of the control s display changes 在控件的一小部分显示发生变化时,控件可能仅需要绘制其可用区域的一部分。
In these studies , we find that for the adjacent seismic channels , the similarity of a smaller section is better than that of the whole channel 研究中发现:对于相邻的地震道,较小一段的相似性比整个地震道的相似性要好。
Dr rana said that his team of two dozen experts had already erected the first set of scaffolding on a small section of the world heritage site and would start work in the next few days 拉纳说,目前20多名专家已在该世界遗产景点(即泰姬陵)的一小部分搭好了首批脚手架,并将在未来几天内正式开工。