little怎么读什么意思（英语单词在线中文翻译和来源）

little 英 ['lɪt(ə)l]美 ['lɪtl]

adj. 小的；很少的；短暂的；小巧可爱的

adv. 完全不

n. 少许；没有多少；短时间

n. (Little)人名；(英)利特尔

中文词源

little 小的

来自PIE*leud,弯，转，蜷缩，变小，词源同lout,little.引申词义弱小的，小人物的，后词义通用化。

英文词源

little

little: [OE] Little goes back to the prehistoric West Ger**nic base *lut-, which also produced Dutch luttel and **y have been the source of the Old English verb lūtan ‘bow down’. Some have detected a link with Old English lot ‘deceit’, Old Norse lýta ‘dishonour, bl**e’, Russian ludit’ ‘deceive’, and Serbo-Croat lud ‘foolish’.

little (adj.)

Old English lytel "not large, not much; short in distance or time; unimportant," also used in late Old English as a noun, "s**ll piece; a short time," from Proto-Ger**nic *lutilla- (cognates: Old Saxon luttil, Dutch luttel, Old High Ger**n luzzil, Ger**n lützel, Gothic leitils "little"), perhaps originally a diminutive of the root of Old English lyt "little, few," from PIE *leud- "s**ll." "Often synonymous with s**ll, but capable of emotional implications which s**ll is not" [OED].

Phrase the little wo**n "wife" attested from 1795. Little people "the faeries" is from 1726; as "children," it is attested from 1752; as "ordinary people" (opposed to the great), it is attested from 1827. Little Neck cl**s (1884) are so called for Little Neck, Long Island, a "neck" of land on the island's North Shore. Little by little is from late 15c. (litylle be litille). Little green men "space aliens" is from 1950. Little black dress is from 1939.

At the beginning of summer, s**rt women who stay in town like to wear sheer "little black dresses." Because most "little black dresses" look alike, retailers struggle each year to find something which will **ke them seem new. ["Life," June 13, 1939]

Little Orphan Annie originally was (as Little Orphant Annie) the character in J**es Whitcomb Riley's 1885 poem, originally titled "Elf Child." The U.S. news***** comic strip created by Harold Gray (1894-1968) debuted in 1924 in the New York "Daily News."

LITTLE Orphant Annie's come to our house to stay,

An' wash the cups an' saucers up, an' brush the crumbs away,

An' shoo the chickens off the porch, an' dust the hearth, an' sweep,

An' **ke the fire, an' bake the bread, an' earn her board-an'-keep;

An' all us other childern, when the supper-things is done,

We set around the kitchen fire an' has the mostest fun

A-list'nin' to the witch-tales 'at Annie tells about,

An' the Gobble-uns 'at gits you

Ef you

Don't

Watch

Out!

[Riley, "Elf Child"]

little (v.)

OE lytlian, from root of little (adj.).

双语例句

1. It's not about **king the **azing saves. It's the little things and s**ll things that **de great gatekeepers great.

伟大的门将不是靠神奇的扑救成就，而是靠注重小事和细节成功。（Tim Howard美国国家队门将）

2. He could just about see the little **n behind the counter.

他勉强能看到柜台后面的小个子男人。

3. "I wish I had a little brother," said Daphne wistfully.

“我希望有个***。”达夫妮伤感地说。

4. Maria was talking baby talk to the little one.

玛丽亚正用儿语和小家伙说话。

5. They were going to sail around the little island, against the tide.

他们打算绕着小岛逆潮航行。