形 small，little，young，petty；名 the young，concubine；副 for a while，for a short time ；

[例句] 再小的细节都逃不过她的眼睛。 No detail was too small to escape her attention.

[例句] 这个小金球重0.25盎司。 This little ball of gold weighs a quarter of an ounce.

small，little，tiny，exiguity，minuteness ；

[例句] 基因是在有性繁殖中交换的微小生物信息。 Genes are those tiny bits of biological information swapped in sexual reproduction.

[例句] 这个池子略微小些，比大多数的池子更挤。 The pool is smallish and more crowded than most.

reduce，lessen，narrow，shrink，deflate ；

[例句] 到1973年，这一差距已缩小到几乎为零。 By 1973, this gap had narrowed almost to vanishing point.

[例句] 空中救援行动的规模现在已经有所缩小。 The air rescue operation has now been scaled down.

[生理] epencephal，epencephalon，parencephalon，opisthencephalon，cerebel ；

[例句] 脊椎动物脑子的这一部分可分为两部分:脑髓和小脑. This part of the vertebrate brain has two divisions, the medulla and the cerebellum.

[例句] 结论　小脑Purkinje细胞层内存在NYP阳性神经元. Conclusion NPY immunoreactive neurons are located in cerebellum Purkinje cell layer.

wheat，triticum aestivum，fructus tritici ；

[例句] 蚜虫正在毁掉一片片的小麦和大麦田地。 The aphid is now laying waste to the wheat and barley fields.

[例句] 他们已被迫将葡萄藤连根拔除，改种小麦。 They had been forced to uproot their vines and plant wheat.

leaflet，foliole，frondlet，lobule，flocculi ；

[例句] 支气管肺炎在性质上是渗出性的,在分布是小叶性的. The bronchopneumonia is exudative in type and lobular in distribution.

[例句] 突变病区,通常是葡萄干色, 小叶性的和局灶性的. The consolidated areas were usually plum colored, lobular, and localized.

take care，be careful，be cautious，be careful in，be careful of ；

[例句] 若是上色的时候不小心弄坏了那些地图，他们可承担不起。 They could not afford to spoil those maps by careless colouring.

[例句] 罗伊小心地把腿挪下沙发，坐了起来。 Roy swung his legs carefully off the couch and sat up.

minuteness，minimum ；

[例句] 感染的可能性极小。 The likelihood of infection is minimal.

[例句] 她迟到的可能性极小。 It is highly unlikely that she'll be late.

floret，fleuret，floscule，floweret，flowerlet ；

[例句] 把菜花掰成一块块小花,然后仔细把它们洗干净. Divide the cauliflower into florets and wash them thoroughly.

[例句] 我家有只小花猫. We keep a little multicolored kitten in the house.

minimum，least ；

[例句] 再次点击正方形图标，把窗口最小化。 Click the square icon again to minimize the window.

[例句] 最小的孩子约翰后来于14岁时夭亡。 The youngest child, John, was to die at the age of fourteen.

group ；

[例句] 亨特先生及他率领的管理小组加入了州长们的队伍。 The governors were joined by Mr Hunter and his management team.

[例句] 一旦大火熄灭，救援小组就会马上进入。 Once the fire has died out, the salvage team will move in.

fritter，dead small，patch，nubble （煤石等），bit ；

[例句] 小块腌洋葱可用来替代切片洋葱。 Small pickling onions can be used instead of sliced ones.

[例句] 那块肉被均匀切成小块放到炖菜里煮熟。 The meat is divided evenly and boiled in a stew.

urinate，pass [make] water，urine，pee，emiction ；

[数] decimal (number)，small number，decimal fraction ；

[例句] 我们得把小数四舍五入成整数。 We needed to do decimals to round up and round down numbers.

[例句] 学生们掌握了小数、百分数和分数。 The students had a grasp of decimals, percentages and fractions.

small boat，skiff，dinghy，dingey，cockboat ；

[例句] 我的小艇飞速驶过海湾。 My craft zipped across the bay.

[例句] 短桨特别用于划独木舟和小艇. Paddles are used especially to propel canoes and kayaks.

boat，wallnut shell，tender，dinghy，cockleshell ；

[例句] 布莱克很熟练地跳上了船，他的重量使小船微微向下沉了沉。 Blake jumped in expertly; the boat dipped slightly under his weight.

[例句] 绿色和平组织设法聚集起足够数量的小船在海上拦截该船。 Greenpeace managed to assemble enough boats to waylay the ship at sea.

shank，crus，calf ；

[例句] 除了吹得堆积起来的地方，雪只有小腿肚深。 The snow, except where it drifted, was only calf-deep.

[例句] 他将刀插入鞘中，绑在小腿上。 He sheathed the knife and strapped it to his shin.

novel，fiction，story，longueur，storybook ；

[例句] 小说在出版市场上占了很大的份额。 Fiction takes up a large slice of the publishing market.

[例句] 他的小说都是些肤浅沉闷的玩意儿，只有一本除外。 With one exce-ption his novels are shallow and lifeless things.

（吝啬的） parsimonious，stingy，niggardly，mean，narrowness ；

[例句] 他十分小气,连住宿都不愿给来访者安排. He would not offer a churlish roof to his visitors.

[例句] 他很小气,不肯捐款. He's too mean to make a donation.

hour，hr. ；

[例句] 那里的通勤一族平均上下班要花5个小时。 The average commuter journey there is five hours long.

[例句] 他们在小舢板上漂浮了3个小时后才被发现。 They were spotted after three hours adrift in a dinghy.