few

音标发音

• 英式音标 [fjuː]
• 美式音标 [fjuː]
• 国际音标 [fju:]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj. 很少的；幾乎沒有的
• pron. 很少
• n. 很少數
• n. (Few)人名；(英)菲尤

词源解说

• 直接源自中古英語的fewe；最初源自古英語的feawa，意爲少，少的。

同根派生

• adj性質的同根詞

  fewer：較少的。

• int性質的同根詞

  fewer：較少數。

• n性質的同根詞

  fewness：少數。

• pron性質的同根詞

  fewer：較少數。

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用法辨析

pron. (代詞)

• few用作代詞時,意思是“很少,幾個”,作主語時謂語動詞須用複數形式。
• only few, so few相儅於few,表示否定; some few相儅於some,表示肯定。

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• few详细辨析

英汉例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語: ～+ n.

• He is a man of few words.
  他是個沉默寡言的人。

用作表語: S+be+～

• Changes in policy were few.
  政策很少變化。

用作代詞 (pron.)

• Few know and few care.
  很少有人知道,也很少有人關心。

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词组短语

用作形容詞 (adj.)

～+名詞

• few words 沉默寡言的人，少言寡語的
• few years 沒有幾年

用作代詞 (pron.)

動詞+～

• have few 喝幾盃

形容詞+～

• chosen 〔select〕 few 精選出的少數
• faithful few 少數幾個忠誠的人

介詞+～

• for few 爲少數人
• of few 在…中的幾個

短語

• Happy Few 少數幸運兒;所以我快樂;你快樂;快樂不多
• Few words 三言兩語;話很少;沉默寡言的人;用幾句話

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• (SOME) some, or a small number of something
• (NOT MANY) a small number or not many

柯林斯英英字典

• You use a few to indicate that you are talking about a small number of people or things. You can also say a very few.
• Few is also a pronoun.
• Few is also a quantifier.
• 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 is also a pronoun.
• Few is also a quantifier.
• Few is also an adjective.
• You use few after adjectives and determiners to indicate that you are talking about a small number of things or people.
• The few means a small set of people considered as separate from the majority, especially because they share a particular opportunity or quality that the others do not have.
• You use as few as before a number to suggest that it is surprisingly small.
• Things that are few and far between are very rare or do not happen very often.
• You use no fewer than to emphasize that a number is surprisingly large.

• few剑桥字典
• few柯林斯字典

专业释义

地球科學

• 很少的

軍事學

• [空中截擊用語]不多，少量(表示發現“7架或少於7架”敵機)；(任何少於8個的)少數人(或物)