1.较小的,较少的( than)
ad. (little的比较级)
1.较小地,较少地;不如( than)
n.
1. 不可数名词:更少的数(量,额)
prep.
1.减去;扣除;差...
-less
suf.
1.(附在动词或名词之后的形容词词尾)表示“无”,“没有”(如:pitiless, valueless, homeless)
2.(附在动词或名词之后的形容词词尾)表示“不能”(如:tireless, reckless)
词形变化
- 形容词比较级 littler,less,lesser,littlest,least
- 名称 littleness
- (usually preceded by no‘) lower in quality
- comparative of little
- (comparative of little‘ usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
- (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer
- used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs