核心畫面
Hold the picture of something physically small — a small object you could cup in one hand. Everything 'little' does, whether it talks about size, time, amount, or degree, is this same smallness pointed at a different thing: a small object, a short stretch of time, a small quantity, a small degree. The word never grows; only the thing it measures changes.
可以想成手心裡那個小小的東西。little 從頭到尾就是這個「小」，只是把這個小指向不同的對象：指向物體就是體積小，…更多收起
可以想成手心裡那個小小的東西。little 從頭到尾就是這個「小」，只是把這個小指向不同的對象：指向物體就是體積小，指向時間就是短暫，指向數量就是一點點，指向程度就是稍微。字本身沒變，變的是它在量的東西。原始詞典資料27 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。
Littlename/ˈlɪtəl/
- 1
A characteristical surname.
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An unincorporated community in Breathitt County, Kentucky, United States, named after the local Little family.
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An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States.
littleadj/ˈlɪ.tl̩/
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Small, not large, limited, particularly
- Not that she cared twopence for the enormous sum, really, now that concord was established! No, her little flutters of honest remorse were constantly disappearing in the immense exultant joy of being alive and of contemplating her idol.
- 2
Small, not large, limited
- This is a little table.
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Small, not large, limited
- It’s only a little ways now.
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Small, not large, limited
- I always feel better after a little sleep.
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Small, not large, limited
- Where's the little boys' room?
- 6
Small, not large, limited
- You may be an Olympic weightlifter but you're still my little sister.
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Small, not large, limited
- "You are a little, little man," she proclaimed, staring obviously below my waist as she pronounced the second "little." It was almost disappointing. I'd heard that one before, but it still left a new scar each time.
- 8
Small, not large, limited
- That's a mighty little herd you've got there.
另外 6 個記錄的用法
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Small, not large, limited
- It’s of little importance.
- Urania speaks with darken’d brow: ‘Thou pratest here where thou art least; This faith has many a purer priest, And many an abler voice than thou: […]’
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offensiveSmall, not large, limited
- Listen up, you little shit.
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Small, not large, limited
- If you want to find Little France, take any turning on the north side of Leicester square, and wander in a zigzag fashion Oxford Streetwards. The Little is rather smokier and more squalid than the Great France upon the other side of the Manche.
- In the forties, hurdy-gurdy men could still be heard in all those East Coast cities with strong Italian neighbourhoods: New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston. A visit to Baltimore’s Little Italy at that time was like a trip to Italy itself.
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derogatorySmall, not large, limited
- He is the embodiment of Fleet Street bullying, using his newspaper to peddle his Little-England, curtain-twitching Alan Partridgesque view of the world, which manages to combine sanctimonious, pompous moralising and prurient, voyeuristic, judgmental obsession
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derogatorySmall, not large, limited
- A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
- The long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise, / Because their natures are little.
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businessSmall, not large, limited
- Little Science vs Big Science... Little Steel vs Big Steel...
littleadv/ˈlɪ.tl̩/
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Not much.
- This is a little-known fact: the new model is little faster than the old one.
- She spoke little and listened less.
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Not at all.
- Little did he know that the burglar was creeping upstairs at that very moment.
- She little knew what awaited her.
littledet/ˈlɪ.tl̩/
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Not much, only a little: only a small amount (of).
- There is (very) little water left.
- We had very little to do.
littlepron/ˈlɪ.tl̩/
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Not much; not a large amount.
- Little is known about his early life.
littlenoun/ˈlɪ.tl̩/
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A small amount.
- I hope the little we've done will be useful.
- Little did he do to make me comfortable.
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informalA child, particularly an infant.
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An adult in a child-like role, or in the more junior of two paired roles.
- He was there the night of Cristoph's party. All the littles were assigned to their bigs. Ian and Christoph had rushed the same fraternity. When they became upperclassmen, they both ended up on the board.
- She added that the relationship between bigs and littles is "what each pair makes of it," and that a lot of the pairs often get dinner together and become close friends.
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An adult in a child-like role, or in the more junior of two paired roles.
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An adult in a child-like role, or in the more junior of two paired roles.
- People with [dissociative identity] disorder frequently have a younger personality among their distinctive personalities. However, it’s believed that the "little" may not be a separate personality. Instead, it may be a regressed version of the original personality.
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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。