1.（尺寸、数量、程度等）小的not large in size, number, degree, amount, etc.
a small house/town/car/man小房子；小镇；小型汽车；小个子男人
A much smaller number of students passed than I had expected.通过考试的学生比我预计的少得多。
They're having a relatively small wedding.他们的婚礼不准备大办。
That dress is too small for you.那件连衣裙你穿太小。
‘I don't agree,’ he said in a small(= quiet) voice. “我不同意。”他小声说。
2.（服装、食品、家庭用品等）小号的，小型的used to describe one size in a range of sizes of clothes, food, products used in the house, etc.
small, medium, large小号、中号、大号
This is too big─have you got a small one?这个太大了，有没有小的？
3.（同类事物中）小的not as big as sth else of the same kind
the small intestine小肠
4.年幼的；幼小的young
They have three small children.他们有三个年幼的孩子。
We travelled around a lot when I was small.我小的时候，我们时常四处旅行。
As a small boy he had spent most of his time with his grandparents.他幼年时多半时间是跟爷爷奶奶在一起。
5.些微的；不重要的slight; not important
I made only a few small changes to the report.我对报告只做了几处小改动。
She noticed several small errors in his work.她注意到他作业中有几处小错。
Everything had been planned down to the smallest detail.一切都已做了细致入微的安排。
It was no small achievement getting her to agree to the deal.能让她同意那笔交易可是个不小的成就。
6.[ubn]小规模的not doing business on a very large scale
a small farmer小农场主
The government is planning to give more help to small businesses.政府正计划给予小企业更多帮助。
7.[ubn]小写的not written or printed as capitals
Should I write ‘god’ with a small ‘g’ or a capital?god 里面的字母 g，我该写成小写还是大写？
She's a socialist with a small ‘s’(= she has socialist ideas but is not a member of a socialist party) .她信仰社会主义，但不是社会党人。
8.[obn]极少的；不多的little; not much
The government has small cause for optimism.几乎没有什么可以使政府感到乐观的。
They have small hope of succeeding.他们成功的希望不大。
Well, at least you weren't hurt. I suppose we should be grateful for small mercies.嗨，至少你没受伤。我想这就该让我们知足了。
Well, at least you weren't hurt. I suppose we should be grateful for small mercies.嗨，至少你没受伤。我想这就该让我们知足了。
1.成为小块into small pieces
Chop the cabbage up small.把卷心菜剁碎。
2.小小地in a small size
You can fit it all in if you write very small.你字写小点，就可以全部填进去。
1.[sing]the ~ of the/sb's back后腰the lower part of the back where it curves in
2.[pl](informal)小件衣服（尤指内衣）small items of clothing, especially underwear
Democrats in Texas held a smaller caucus as well as a primary, which Mr Obama appeared to have won along with a primary in Vermont.
得克萨斯州的民主党人举行了一场规模较小的预备会议和一场初选，奥巴马先生在赢得佛蒙特州初选的同时，似乎对这两场活动也是胜券在握。
With a calm mind he divided the huge lump of gold into these four smaller lumps. Then it was easy to carry them home on four separate trips.
他平静地把一大块金子分成四小块，然后分四次，轻而易举地把金子拿回了家。
With a smaller stomach, you feel full after eating less food (as little as a few ounces ), so you don't eat as much and you lose weight.
胃小了，吃少量的食物就感觉饱了（少的只吃几盎司），因此吃不了那么多食物了，体重也就下降了。
Two others had been flung down at the same spot, with the smaller one pinned beneath a heavyset man sitting on top of him.
还有两个人摔到一处去了，矮小的被压在下面，大个子坐在他身上。
If you do not wish to have fish in your aquatic environment, consider a smaller pond that will act as a collection point for a waterfall.
如果您不希望在你的水生环境中的鱼，考虑一个小池塘，将作为一个瀑布收集点。
Her mother being much smaller of frame, Patty felt somewhat like a grandfather clock that Joyce was endeavoring to lift and move.
乔伊斯的个头要小得多，帕蒂觉得她好像正费力地抬起并搬动一座落地钟。
The remainder, people said, would come as the bank records a tax gain from holding a smaller slice of BlackRock, the money manager.
知情人士表示，剩余资金将来自因减持资产管理公司贝莱德所产生的税务收益。
"In recent years, herder numbers have gotten smaller, " she said. "Many herders have moved to the town to work for the mining company. "
“这几年，放牧的人数减少了，”她说道，“很多放牧人都搬到城里，为采矿公司打工。”
It was designed to be a smaller and simpler version of its predecessors, suitable for writing system-level programs, like operating systems.
语言被设计一个比它的前辈更精巧、更简单的版本，它适于编写系统级的程序，比如操作系统。
But I would be a little nervous about this merger if I were a vendor focused on the smaller end of the market.
但是如果我是关注于小型市场终端的厂商，我就会有点担心这一合并。
Most of these Mayan pyramids had a platform on the top on which was constructed a smaller building, dedicated to any of the Mayan deities.
大多数玛雅金字塔的顶端都有一个平台，平台上还建有一个小型建筑，用来祭拜玛雅的诸位神灵。
e. g. We now have such fast ways of traveling that this big ocean seems to have grown smaller.
我们现在有太多快速的旅行方式，因此大西洋看起来好像小了很多。
A unit of two or more squadrons in the U. S. Air Force, smaller than a wing.
空军大队美国空军中的编制，由两个或两个以上的中队组成，小于飞行联队
Calving occurs when pieces of the ice break off and float into the sea, or when a large iceberg breaks up into a smaller one.
崩解发生在当部分冰层断裂漂入海中或是当大块冰山破裂成小块时。
Kostya was one year younger than I, smaller in size, quiet in appearance, but actually a scapegrace and a rogue.
柯斯佳比我小一岁，他身材不高，外表文雅，而实际上是一个顽皮大王。
In this approach, the heap is divided into a set of cards, each of which is usually smaller than a memory page.
在这种方法中，堆分为一组卡片，每个卡片一般都小于一个内存页。
Before you know it, a project to build a building becomes numerous smaller projects, such as excavation, foundation work, and marketing.
大楼建造项目可被分成许多更小的项目，例如，挖掘、打地基和建材采购。
He said the two carmakers would be restructured, turned into smaller, but stronger firms.
他说，两个汽车巨头都将被重组，转变为规模更小，但是更加有实力的公司。
In some smaller restaurants with fewer people dining, like the case of a couple of diners, the measure's adoption could be optional.
有一些小餐馆就餐人数比较少，比如一两个人、两三个人，可以有一些随意的情况。
FLATOW: So if it were a little bigger or a little smaller, then all things would be different.
伏拉汤姆：那么，如果它稍大或稍小一点的话，是不是所有的东西就会有所不同？
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