tigermom
2011-10-10
Peppa Pig 交流贴 （本周重大更新见336楼）
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tea_zzzz 发表于 2011-10-13 12:45
请教一下，今早下雨，孩子说了句“jumping in small puddle”.
这里small合适吗？
little和small怎样区别 ...
small 和little 都可以指小， small 一般指 外形尺寸的小，比如小盒子，小房子，small box， small house； little指小的时候还带有感情色彩，比如说little boy，我们更倾向于说这个是小而可爱的意思。
顺便把BBC 的 学英语learn English 的节目中对 small 和little的区别贴在这里：
A small house / a little house
When little and small both mean not large, with some nouns they can be used interchangeably with little or no difference in meaning:
They lived in a little house in the country.
They lived in a small house in the country.
However, little also suggests that you feel sympathy for something, whereas small is more neutral and does not suggest this. Compare the following:
He's only a little boy. He doesn't know the difference between right and wrong. ~ He may be a small child, but that doesn't excuse his behaviour!
Because little invokes sympathy, it is often used with other adjectives like nice, sweet, tiny, pretty, poor. Small cannot be used in this way:
This job is a nice little earner. Maximum reward for minimum effort.
She's a sweet / pretty little thing. Always has a smile on her face.
They live in this tiny little bed-sit in Shepherds Bush.
Little = not much
Little is also more complicated than small because it can also mean not much. Small can only mean not large. Compare the following:
Will you have beer or wine with your meal? ~ I'd like a little wine, please. A small glass of red wine would be nice.
Would you like a large or a small coffee? ~ Oh, a small coffee please. I shan't sleep tonight if I have a large one.
Abstract nouns that often follow little (meaning not much) include hope, chance, change, effect, use and point:
There's little chance / hope of finding any survivors after such a massive explosion. I see little point in continuing the rescue mission.
There has been little change in his condition over the last seventy two hours. The new drugs appear to have had little effect.
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菲林 发表于 2011-10-13 15:42
请教虎妈，mess的造句如何练习呢？感觉这个词比较抽象，不太好解释
卡娃现在很会说mess了，他会说(常常指他爸爸） daddy's car is a mess。。。or daddy，make a mess，或者说 what a mess 总之，在这里 mess 是名词，就类似于这样用法。
作为动词时， mess up， mess about， mess up
然后，我把字典里的解释帮你一股脑的搬过来的，你慢慢看
mess with someone’s headMenu- when someone/something is dirty
- when there are problems
- someone with problems
- mess hall
- solid waste from animal
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[countable/uncountable] a situation in which a place is dirty or untidy
make a mess:
in a mess:
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[singular] a difficult situation with a lot of problems, especially because people have made mistakes
be in a mess:
get into a mess:
get someone into a mess:
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[/url]Cultural note: mess
The phrase another fine (or nice) mess you’ve gotten me into was often used by the US actor Oliver Hardy to his partner Stan Laurel in a series of comedy films they made together in the 1920s and 1930s. People sometimes use this phrase humorously when they are in a difficult situation, especially when they want to blame someone for it.
[url=][/url]Collocations: mess
▪ awful, complete, fine, real, right, sorry, terrible, total - 3
[singular] informal someone who is so nervous or who has so many problems that they cannot have a normal life
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[countable] a room where people have their meals in the armed forcesThesaurus entry for this meaning of mess - 5
[countable/uncountable] solid waste from an animalThesaurus entry for this meaning of mess
phrases- a mess of something American spoken
a lot of something
Thesaurus entry for this meaning of mess - make a mess of (doing) something
to make a lot of mistakes when you are doing or dealing with something
Thesaurus entry for this meaning of mess - make a mess of something
to make something look dirty or untidy
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