核心畫面

A small number — only a handful out of what could be many. The picture is a tiny pile of countable things, with the rest of the space empty.

可以想成從一大堆可數的東西裡,只抓出小小一把——其餘的位置都空著。核心畫面比較像桌上稀稀落落幾顆,數得出來、而且不多更多收起可以想成從一大堆可數的東西裡,只抓出小小一把——其餘的位置都空著。核心畫面比較像桌上稀稀落落幾顆,數得出來、而且不多。few 所有的用法都在玩這個「數量很小」的感覺,差別只在你是輕鬆地說「有幾個」,還是強調「少得可憐」,或反過來驚訝「居然這麼少/這麼多」。

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Fewname詞源 1

  • 1

    The pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain.

Fewname詞源 2

  • 1

    A surname.

fewdet/fjuː/

  • 1

    An indefinite, but usually small, number of.

    • There are a few cars (=some, but a relatively small number) in the street.
    • Quite a few people (=a significant number) were pleasantly surprised.
  • 2

    Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of.

    • Very few did she have not to go there, did she?
    • I was expecting a big crowd at the party, but very few people (=almost none) turned up.
  • 3

    climatologymeteorologynatural-sciencesObscuring one to two oktas (eighths) of the sky.

    • Tonight: A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness overnight.
    • NOAA definition of the term few clouds: An official sky cover classification for aviation weather observations, descriptive of a sky cover of 1/8 to 2/8. This is applied only when obscuring phenomena aloft are present--that is, not when obscuring phenomena are surface-based, such as fog.
  • 4

    climatologymeteorologynatural-sciences(US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.

fewpron/fjuː/

  • 1

    Few people, few things.

    • Many are called, but few are chosen.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。