less
英 [les]
美[l?s]
- adv. 較少地；較小地；更小地
- adj. 較少的；較小的
- prep. 減去
- n. 較少；較小
- n. (Less)人名；(德、意、匈、芬)萊斯
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中文詞源
less 較少的
來自Proto-Germanic*leis-izo,更小，*leis,小的，-izo,比較級后綴。用于little的比較級形式。
英文詞源
- less
- less: [OE] In origin, less is a comparative form. It goes back ultimately to Indo-European *loiso- ‘small’, which in prehistoric Germanic had the comparative suffix added to it to produce *laisiz – whence English less. It is not found in any of the other modern Germanic languages.
=> least - less
- Old English l?s (adv.), l?ssa (adj.), comparative of l?s "small;" from Proto-Germanic *lais-izo "smaller" (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian les "less;" Middle Dutch lise "soft, gentle," German leise "soft"), from PIE root *leis- (2) "small" (cognates: Lithuanian liesas "thin"). Formerly also "younger," as a translation of Latin minor, a sense now obsolete except in James the Less. Used as a comparative of little, but not related to it. The noun is Old English l?sse.
雙語例句
- 1. The affixes " un - " and " - less " are often used make negative words, such as unhappy or careless.
- 詞綴un - 和 -less 常用來構(gòu)成否定詞, 如unhappy和careless.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. These files have been zipped up to take up less disk space.
- 這些文檔已經(jīng)進行了壓縮，以節(jié)省磁盤空間。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He is lined up for no less than four US television interviews.
- 多達4家美國電視媒體排期邀請他上節(jié)目接受采訪。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Other amenities, less commonly available, include a library and exercise room.
- 還有一些不太常有的設(shè)施，包括圖書館和健身房。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. His team-mates opened hotel windows, shouting "Jump!" and somewhat less printable banter.
- 他的隊友打開了酒店的窗戶，大叫著“跳！”，還開了一些上不了臺面的玩笑。
來自柯林斯例句