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fewer 音标拼音: [fj'uɚ] 较少的 较少的 fewer adj 1: ( comparative of ` few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of; " fewer birds came this year"; " the birds are fewer this year"; " fewer trains were late" [ ant: { more( a)}] Few \ Few\ ( f[= u]), a. [ Compar. { Fewer} ( f[= u]"[~ e] r); 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 constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people. " Are not my days few?" -- Job x. 20. [ 1913 Webster] Few know and fewer care. -- Proverb. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them. [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster] |
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