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| /ˈlɪtl/ |
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| 1 | usually before noun small in size or number （规格或数目）小的 |
| Use the little pan for making the sauce. 用这个小平底锅做酱汁。 |
| There’ s a little group of us who meet once a week. 我们有几个人每周聚一次。 |
| a little bit of sth Little bits of hay still clung to her skirt. 有一点干草还沾在她的裙子上。 |
| little tiny/tiny little There’ s a little tiny crack in it. 这里面有一条细小的裂缝。 |
| a tiny little garden 小小的花园 |
| | 1a | used in a positive way for referring to small people or things that you like (用于指令人喜欢的小个子的人或小东西)小的 | | a little old lady 身材娇小的老妇人 | | niceprettycutesweetlovely little a pretty little cottage in the country 可爱的乡村小屋 | | poor little Poor little thing, you must be starving! 可怜的小东西，你一定饿坏了！ | |
| | 1b | used in a negative way for referring to small people or things that you do not like （用于指不喜欢的小个子的人或小东西） | | You little brat! 你这臭小子！ | | one of those narrow-minded little racists 那些思想狭隘的种族主义分子中的一个 | | nastycheekysillystupid little She wrote me a nasty little letter. 她给我写了一封令人作呕的信。 | |
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| 2 | young , and often small . This word is used especially by children or when talking to children 年幼的，幼小的（尤为儿语或用于对儿童说话时） |
| a little boy/ girl/ child/ 小男孩/小女孩/幼童 |
| When I was little, we didn’ t have computers at school. 我小的时候我们学校没有电脑。 |
| | 2a | someone’ s younger brother/sister 某人的弟弟/妹妹 | | Is this your little brother? 这是你的弟弟吗？ | |
| | 2b | someone’ s son/daughter who is still a small child or treated as if they are a small child 某人（没长大）的儿子/女儿 | | You’ ll always be Daddy’ s little girl. 你将永远是爸爸的乖女儿。 | |
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| 3 | only before noun short in distance or time
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| | 3a | lasting a short time 短时间的 | | a little while I’ ll be with you in a little while. 我会和你呆上一小会儿。 | |
| | 3b | continuing for a short distance 短距离的 | | Molly carried her a little way towards the house. 莫莉背着她朝房子的方向走了一小段路。 | |
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| 4 | not important 微不足道的 |
| He gets upset at the least little thing. 他会因为鸡毛蒜皮的小事而烦恼。 |
| There are just some little details to sort out. 只有一些细枝末节要整理。 |
| | 4a | used in a humorous way for referring to something you really think is important （幽默用法，指确实认为很重要的某事物） | | We may have a little problem explaining that to our customers. 跟我们的客户解释那件事情可能会有点困难。 | | the little matter of sth Then there’ s the little matter of my fee. 接下来有个小问题，就是关于我的酬金。 | |
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| 5 | controlled and involving a small amount of movement , effort , or emotion 微微的；克制的 |
| a little smile/laugh 微微的一笑 |
| Jules said goodnight with a formal little bow. 朱尔斯很正式地微微一弯腰道了声晚安。 |
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| - | a littlebirdtold me spoken
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| used for saying that you are not going to say who told you something |
| 有人告诉我（用于表明不想说出告知某事的人） |
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| A little bird told me you’ d got a new job. 有人告诉我你找到了一份新工作。 |
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| - | a littlesomething informal
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| a present that you give someone to thank them , that is not very expensive |
| 小小的心意 |
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| It’ s just a little something to show how much we appreciate your help. 这只是一点小小的心意，表示我们对你所给予帮助的感激。 |
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| - | quite the little... spoken
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| used when you are annoyed about what someone has done and want to make it seem less important |
| （用于表示对某人所为很气恼）真是… |
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| Quite the little hero, aren’ t you? 你很能逞英雄，不是吗？ |
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| - | the littlewoman spoken
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| an insulting way of referring to someone’ s wife |
| （对某人妻子的侮辱性称呼）小妇人 |
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