- (usually a few)
used with plural nouns and a plural verb to mean ‘a small number’, ‘some’ (与复数名词和复数动词连用)有些,几个 -
used with plural nouns and a plural verb to mean ‘not many’ (与复数名词和复数动词连用)不多,很少 Few people understand the difference. 很少有人了解这个差别。 There seem to be fewer tourists around this year. 今年来访的旅游者似乎少了。 Very few students learn Latin now. 现在学拉丁语的学生少得很。 The player with the fewest points wins. 得分最少的玩家获胜。
Word OriginOld English fēawe, fēawa, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German fao, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin paucus and Greek pauros ‘small’.
Idioms
few and far between
not happening often 稀少;稀疏;不常发生