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few    音标拼音: [fj'u]
a. 很少的,不多的,少数的
n. 少数

很少的,不多的,少数的少数

few
adj 1: a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is
often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number; "a
few weeks ago"; "a few more wagons than usual"; "an
invalid's pleasures are few and far between"; "few roses
were still blooming"; "few women have led troops in
battle" [ant: {many}]
n 1: a small elite group; "it was designed for the
discriminating few"

Few \Few\ (f[=u]), a. [Compar. {Fewer} (f[=u]"[~e]r); superl.
{Fewest}.] [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. fe['a], pl. fe['a]we; akin
to OS. f[=a]h, OHG. f[=o] fao, Icel. f[=a]r, Sw. f[*a], pl.,
Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. pay^ros. Cf.
{Paucity}.]
Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; --
indicating a small portion of units or individuals
constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few
people. "Are not my days few?" --Job x. 20.
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Few know and fewer care. --Proverb.
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Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them.
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{A few}, a small number.

{In few}, in a few words; briefly. --Shak.

{No few}, not few; more than a few; many. --Cowper.

{The few}, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the
majority.
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50 Moby Thesaurus words for "few":
cursory, depthless, footling, handful, hardly any, inconsequential,
inconsiderable, insignificant, least, little, littlest, low,
lowest, meager, miniature, minim, minimum, negligible,
no great shakes, not many, occasional, of small number, petty,
picayune, picayunish, precious little, rare, scarce, scarcely any,
scattering, seldom, shallow, short, shortest, skin-deep, slightest,
small, smallest, smatter, smattering, spatter, spattering,
sporadic, sprinkling, superficial, tiny, trifling, trivial,
uncommon, unfrequent

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  • FEW Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of FEW is not many persons or things How to use few in a sentence
  • Few vs. Couple vs. Several – Whats The Difference? | Dictionary. com
    When you say you ate a few of something, such as potato chips or candies, you might mean you ate three or four, but you could also mean you had, say, 10 or a small handful—especially if they’re small or you’d normally eat more
  • FEW | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    (A) little and (a) few are quantifiers meaning ‘some’ Little and few have negative meanings We use them to mean ‘not as much as may be expected or wished for’ …
  • few - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    In other words, few in this context means a very very small percentage but far more than the 3 or 4 usually ascribed to it in its use with much much smaller numbers Few is grammatically affirmative but semantically negative, and it can license negative polarity items
  • FEW definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    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 - definition of few by The Free Dictionary
    Few and a few are both used in front of nouns, but they do not have the same meaning You use a few simply to show that you are talking about a small number of people or things I'm having a dinner party for a few close friends Here are a few ideas that might help you
  • What does FEW mean? - Definitions. net
    According to the U S Census Bureau, Few is ranked #13306 in terms of the most common surnames in America The Few surname appeared 2,292 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Few
  • Few, A Few—Whats the Difference? - Grammarly
    Few is a quantifier used with plural countable nouns Without the article “a,” few emphasizes a small number of something Adding the article removes the emphasis—a few means some The same rule applies to little, which is used with singular uncountable nouns
  • Few Definition Meaning - YourDictionary
    Few definition: Amounting to or consisting of a small number
  • FEW, A FEW, and THE FEW || All uses and differences - English With Ashish
    Both few and a few refer to a small number of something (plural noun), but the difference between them is that ‘few’ is used when the number is considered insignificant or not enough by the speaker, and ‘a few’ is used positively in a sentence





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