Wee
[wiː] or [wi]
解释:
(noun.) a short time; 'bide a wee'.
(adj.) very early; 'the wee hours of the morning' .
编辑:西娅--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A little; a bit, as of space, time, or distance.
(a.) Very small; little.
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同义词及近义词:
a. Little, small, diminutive, tiny, minikin, pygmy, pygmean, Liliputian.
录入:费尔普斯
解释:
n. a short distance a short time.—adj. tiny.
手打:尤赖亚
例句:
- And there, on the margin of the page, were the partially blurred imprints of four wee fingers and the outer half of the thumb. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- My rough beard wee distressing me beyond measure. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Even when she was just a baby her wee hand seemed to lead me down the right path as nothing else had ever done. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Upon the bed lay a similar gruesome thing, but smaller, while in a tiny cradle near-by was a third, a wee mite of a skeleton. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- She followed the steps of the night, on its pathway of stars, far into the wee sma' hours ayont the twal'. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Burns, lamenting that his share uptears the bed of the wee modest crimson-tipped flower and sorrowing that he has turned the Mousie from its bit o' leaves and stibble by the cruel coulter. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Yes, bonny wee thing, I'll wear you in my bosom, lest my jewel I should tyne. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- It had a pale ruddy sea-bottom, with black crabs and sea-weed moving sinuously under a transparent sea, that passed into flamy ruddiness above. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- A weed like the Russian thistle, for instance, will defy all usual means for its extermination. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- But I shall get on best at Chesney Wold, where there's more room for a weed than there is here; and the dear old lady will be made happy besides. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Taking the weed from his lips, he threw the remnant amongst the shrubswhere, for a moment, it lay glowing in the gloom. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Kelp is a species of sea-weed, which, when burnt, yields an alkaline salt, useful for making glass, soap, and for several other purposes. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- But education is not a weed that will grow lustily in any soil, it is a necessary and delicate crop that may easily wilt and degenerate. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- But it ain't weed neither. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
整理:梅尔巴