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few
[ fyoo ]
adjective
- not many but more than one:
Few artists live luxuriously.
noun
- (used with a plural verb) a small number or amount:
Send me a few.
- the few, a special, limited number; the minority:
That music appeals to the few.
pronoun
- (used with a plural verb) a small number of persons or things:
A dozen people volunteered, but few have shown up.
few
/ 蹿箩耻藧 /
determiner
- a small number of; hardly any
few men are so cruel
- ( as pronoun; functioning as plural )
many are called but few are chosen
- preceded by a
- a small number of
a few drinks
- ( as pronoun; functioning as plural )
a few of you
- a good few informal.several
- few and far between
- at great intervals; widely spaced
- not abundant; scarce
- have a few or have a few too manyto consume several ( or too many) alcoholic drinks
- not a few or quite a few informal.several
noun
- the fewa small number of people considered as a class Compare many
the few who fell at Thermopylae
Usage
Derived Forms
- 藞蹿别飞苍别蝉蝉, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 辞顎卾别谤路蹿别飞顎 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of few1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of few1
Idioms and Phrases
- few and far between, at widely separated intervals; infrequent:
In Nevada the towns are few and far between.
- quite a few, a fairly large number; many:
There were quite a few interesting things to do.
More idioms and phrases containing few
- a few
- bricks shy of a load, (a few)
- of few words
- precious few
- quite a bit (few)
Example Sentences
The New York Times published a long piece a few days ago about the deportation agenda, noting:
The resilience of the US jobs market over the last few years has surprised analysts, helping to sustain spending even as households faced rising prices and a sharp jump in interest rates.
It takes a few hours, but most of that鈥檚 driving around.
The first Monday in May is just a few days away!
This effort intentionally targets unserved and underserved populations, anyone who has changed their last name and those serving in our armed forces, to name a few groups who would be affected.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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