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She is small for her age. [+ for]
她看上去比同龄人个头小。
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The window was far too small for him to get through.
窗户对他来说实在太小，他钻不过去。
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Next door to the garage is a small orchard area.
紧挨着车库是一座小果园。
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Stick them on using a small amount of glue.
用少许胶水把它们贴上。
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Amy had not mentioned the smallness and bareness of Luis's home.
埃米没有提及路易斯家里多么小多么空。
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A small group of students meets regularly to learn Japanese.
一小组学生定期聚在一起学习日语。
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Guns continued to be produced in small numbers.
枪支继续被小批量地制造出来。
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I have a wife and two small children.
我有一个妻子和两个年幼的孩子。
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What were you like when you were small?
你小的时候是什么样子？
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It's quite easy to make quite small changes to the way that you work.
对工作方式作一些小的改变会比较容易。
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No detail was too small to escape her attention.
再小的细节都逃不过她的眼睛。
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He believes this to be a relatively small problem.
他认为这相对而言是一个小问题。
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...shops, restaurants and other small businesses.
商店、饭馆以及其他小企业
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Tool companies here are generally small.
这里制造工具的公司普遍规模不大。
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'I'm scared,' she said in a very small voice.
她非常小声地说：“我很害怕。”
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This may just be another of her schemes to make me look small.
这也许是她处心积虑要让我自惭形秽的另一步棋。
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When your children misbehave tell them without making them feel small.
孩子表现不佳时要让他们知道，但不能让他们自惭形秽。
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Place your hands on the small of your back and breathe in. [+ of]
双手置于腰部，吸气。
You can use the adjective small rather than little to draw attention to the fact that something is small. For instance, you cannot say 'The town is little' or 'I have a very little car', but you can say 'The town is small' or 'I have a very small car'. Little is a less precise word than small, and may be used to suggest the speaker's feelings or attitude towards the person or thing being described. For that reason, little is often used after another adjective. What a nice little house you've got here!... Shut up, you horrible little boy!
表示物体小的时候用 small，而不用 little，例如，不能说 The town is little 或者 I have a very little car，但是可以说 The town is small (这个城镇很小)，I have a very small car (我有一辆很小的车)。little 的意义不及 small 精确，可以用来表示说话人对所说的人或物的感情或态度。因此 little 常用于其他形容词之后，例如：What a nice little house you've got here (你这房子多么漂亮小巧呀)，Shut up, you horrible little boy (闭嘴！你这个可恶的小家伙)。
| Thesaurus | small Also look up: |
| ADJ. | little, minute, petite, slight; (ant.) big, large 1 young 3 insignificant, minor; (ant.) important, major, significant 4 |
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