English Dictionary

little

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈlɪtl̩/

形容詞

攻撃的 兄弟姉妹 語頭大文字 頻度副詞 軽蔑的 専門用語

Small in size. / Insignificant, trivial. / (offensive) Used to belittle a person. / Very young. / (of a sibling) Younger.

日本語の意味

小さい / 些細な、取るに足らない / （侮蔑的に）人を見下す、軽んじるために使われる / 非常に若い / （兄弟姉妹に関して）年下

The little cat curled up on the windowsill, purring softly.

小さな猫が窓辺で丸まって、静かにゴロゴロと喉を鳴らしていた。

意味（1）

Small in size.

This is a little table.

意味（2）

Insignificant, trivial.

意味（3）

(offensive) Used to belittle a person.

Listen up, you little shit.

意味（4）

Very young.

Did he tell you any embarrassing stories about when she was little?

意味（5）

(of a sibling) Younger.

This is my little sister.

意味（6）

(often capitalized) Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.

意味（7）

(derogatory) To imply that the inhabitants of the place have an insular attitude and are hostile to those they perceive as foreign.

2012, Comedian Steve Coogan on Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre, He is the embodiment of Fleet Street bullying, using his newspaper to peddle his Little-England, curtain-twitching Alan Partridgesque view of the world, which manages to combine sanctimonious, pompous moralising and prurient, voyeuristic, judgmental obsession.

意味（8）

Having few members.

little herd

意味（9）

(of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein, often capitalized) Operating on a small scale.

Little Steel (smaller steel companies, as contrasted with Big Steel)

意味（10）

Short in duration; brief.

I feel better after my little sleep.

意味（11）

Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.

The long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise, / Because their natures are little.

less （ comparative ）

lesser （ comparative ）

littler （ comparative ）

least （ superlative ）

littlest （ superlative ）