【small音标】 英[smɔ:l] 美[smɔ:l]
【单词释义】 small是什么意思：
adj.小的；难为情的；低级的，卑劣的；细微的，微弱的
adv.小小地；卑鄙地
n.细小部分，腰部；琐碎东西；身份低的人；矮小的人
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] smalls
[比较级] smaller [最高级] smallest
[反义词] big 大的
【small形近词/近似词】
ball n.球；舞会
shall v.将要；必须；应该
mall n.购物中心；购物商场；林荫路
call v.呼唤，喊叫；召唤；打电话给 n. 喊叫，大声喊；电话联络
wall n.墙；城墙；围墙 v.筑墙围住，用墙围住
all adj.全部的，所有的 pron.全部，全体 adv.完全地
hall n. 大厅；门厅；过道，走廊
fall v.落下；下降；跌倒 n.落下；秋天(Am.)
pall n.幕；柩衣；棺罩；遮盖物 v. 遮盖；（酒等）走味，失味；使无聊；使厌烦
tall adj.身材高的，高大的
gall n.胆汁；五倍子；怨恨；苦物，苦味 v. 使愤怒；使烦恼；擦伤，擦破
【单词例句】
◇ Then she saw a little glass table with three legs,and on the top of it was a very small gold key.
。接着她看见一张三条腿的小玻璃桌，上面放了一把很小的金钥匙。
---- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1)
◇ Brushing too hard, especially with a firmer-bristled brush, can cause trauma to the gums. Small tears in the soft tissue caused by overzealous brushing are an opportunity for bacteria to enter the bloodstream.
刷牙太用力，特别是使用硬毛牙刷，可能会对牙龈造成创伤。过度用力刷牙造成的软组织小撕裂让细菌有了进入血液的机会。
---- How to properly brush your teeth
◇ The violet, a little too sentimental. The lime-blossoms, too small, and besides, there was such a large family of them.
紫罗兰有点太热情；郁金香太华丽；黄水仙太平民化；菩提树花太小，此外她们的亲戚也太多；
---- The Butterfly
◇ Once on a large washday she saw twelve men's shirts in the laundry and asked her mother, "Whose are these twelve shirts? They are much too small for father."
一天大扫除，她看到洗的衣服里有十二件男衬衣，便问她的妈妈：“这些衬衣是谁穿的呀？它们太小了，肯定不是爸爸穿的。”
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ She climbed up the narrow, winding stairs and arrived at a small door.
她爬上狭窄蜿蜒的楼梯，楼梯尽头有一扇门。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ To avoid the Customs’ punishment, they hid in a small ferry called the North Pole Seagull, sitting back to back without sleeping, showering and shaving for 3 days, and had no chance to mourn their lost luggage when landing. The hardship of this crossing was apparent.
为了避开海关的惩处，他们躲在一艘叫“北极海鸥”的渡轮里，背靠背坐着，整整3天没有睡觉、洗澡和刮胡子，上岸的时候也没有机会心痛他们丢失的行李，这次横渡的艰辛是显而易见的。
---- Immigrate to America
◇ In a small budget film, he played a badly-off and homeless person wearing worn-out shoes and messy clothes.
在一部小预算的电影里，他穿着磨破的鞋子和脏兮兮的衣服，扮演了一名贫穷又无家可归的人。
---- Chaplin - A Great Master of Humour
◇ Staring at his impatient face, he understood that it was the fault of his skin colour that accounted for their refection. So he decided to take a chance to sail on a small boat home.
盯着他那不耐烦的脸，他知道是他皮肤颜色的错才导致了他们的拒绝。于是，他决定冒险驾驶一只小船回家。
---- Sailing Home
◇ "It is a little strange to promote only a small part of the Netherlands abroad, that is, only Holland," a spokesperson for the foreign ministry told the Spanish international news agency EFE.
荷兰外交部一位发言人曾告诉埃菲社记者说：“只把尼德兰的一小部分，即荷兰，推广到国外，这有点奇怪”。
---- Netherlands doesn't want you to call it Holland anymore
◇ They don't typically offer master's or doctorates, and the size of their student body is typically the smaller of the two.
College一般不提供硕士或博士学位，学生规模通常也没有university大。
---- What's the difference between a college and a university?