資料來源 : pyDict
少數,幾個,一些
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Few \Few\ (f[=u]), a. [Compar. {Fewer}; 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
constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few
people. ``Are not my days few?'' --Job x. 20.
Few know and fewer care. --Proverb.
Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them.
{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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
a few
adj : more than one but indefinitely small in number; "a few
roses"; "a couple of roses" [syn: {a few(a)}, {a couple
of(a)}]