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
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The pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain.
Fewname詞源 2
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A surname.
fewdet/fjuː/
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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.
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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.
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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.
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climatologymeteorologynatural-sciences(US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.
fewpron/fjuː/
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Few people, few things.
- Many are called, but few are chosen.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。