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很少的,不多的,少数的少数
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Few \Few\ (f[=u]), a. [Compar. {Fewer}; 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
constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few
people. ``Are not my days few?'' --Job x. 20.
Few know and fewer care. --Proverb.
Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them.
{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.
资料来源 : WordNet®
few
adj : 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}]
few
n 1: an indefinite but relatively small number; "they bought a
case of beer and drank a few"
2: a small elite group; "it was designed for the discriminating
few"