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2 smalls [pi.] (old-fashioned, BrE, informal) small items of clothing, especially underwear 小件衣服（尤指内衣 > 'small ads noun [pi.] (BrE, informaf) = classified

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'small arms noun [pi.] small light weapons that you can cany in your hands 轻武器

.small 'beer (8r£) (NAmE .small po'tatoes) noun [U] {informal) a person or thing that has no great import­ance or value, especially when compared with sb/sth else (相比较之下 > 无足轻重的人(或事物} 'small-bore adj. 1 a small-bore gun is narrow inside (枪）小 U 径的 2 (informal, especiafly NAm£) not important无足轻重的；微不足道的：smaH-bore issues. 无关紧要的丨f题

.small 'capitals (also .small 'caps) noun [pi.] (technical 术语）capital letters which are the same height as lower-case letters小大写字母（与小写字母同等高度的

大写字母）

.small ’change /70W/7 [U] '1 coins of low value 小面值硬 币；零钱：Have you got any small change for the phone?你有没有打电话的零钱？ 2 something that is of little value when compared with sth else (相比较.之

下）没有什 >么价值的东西

.small 'claims court noun a locsd court which deals with cases involving small amounts of money 小额索赔

法院

,small 'fortune noun [usually sing.] {informal) a lot of money 一大笔钱：That holiday cost me a small fortune.

那次度假花了我一大笔钱。

small fry noun [U+sing./pl. v.] {informal) people or things that are considered unimportant compared to sb/sth else (相比较之下）不重要的人（或事物）：That’s smaH to her•对她来说，那不值一提。◊ Peopie Wee us are to such a Zarge business.对于这样一家大公司来 说，我们这样的人不对；是小鱼小虾。 small-h〇ld-er /'smo:lhaulda(r); NAmE -hou-/ noun (8r£) a person who owns or rents a small piece of land for farming小农场主；小农业经营者 small-hold-ing /'smoilheuldirj; NAmE -hou-/ noun a small piece of land used for farming —小块耕地 small.ish /•sm3:liJ7 fairly small 相当小的；颇小的： a smaHis/z tovvri相肖小的城邊

.small-'minded adj. (disapproving) having fixed opin­ions and ways of doing things and not willing to change them or consider other people’s opinions or feelings; interested in small problems and details and not in things which are really important 狭溢的；固执 己见的；心胸狭窄的；目光短浅的BD3INTOLERANT， petty ► .small-'minded-ness noun [l>]

.small po'tatoes noun [u] (NAm£) = small beer small-pox /'smoilpDks; NAmE -parks/ noun [U] a serious infectious disease (now extremely rare) that causes fever, leaves permanent marks on the skin and often causes death 天花'

the .small 'print (8r£) (NAmE the .fine 'print) noun [u] the important details of an agreement or a legal docu­ment that are usually printed in small type and are therefore easy to miss (协议或法律文件中臭于被忽略但 重要的）小号字印刷的附加条款：Head the smczH print be/ore sigm’n^.把小号字印刷的附加条款全部看过以 后再签字。

.small-'scale adj. 1 (of an organization, activity, etc. ^0. 织、活动等).not large in size or extent; limited in what it does小的；小范围的；小规模的：smaH-scaZe /armfng 小规模农业◊ a smaU-scaZe study 〇/ coupZes in second marriages对再婚夫妇的小范围研究2 (of maps, drawings, etc.地图、图样等）drawn to a small scale so that not many details are shown 按小比例绘制的；；小比 例尺的_ EH3 LARGE-SCALE

the .small 'screen noun [sing.] television (when con- trasted with cinema)电视（与i影相对而言）：This will be the film^ first showing on the small screen. 3^：^ 是这部电影首次4电视上播放。◊ his月rstsmaH-screen roZe他的第一个电视剧角色

 

2 smalls [pi.] (old-fashioned, BrE, informal) small items of clothing, especially underwear 小件衣服（尤指内衣 > 'small ads noun [pi.] (BrE, informaf) = classified

ADVERTISEMENTS

'small arms noun [pi.] small light weapons that you can cany in your hands 轻武器

.small 'beer (8r£) (NAmE .small po'tatoes) noun [U] {informal) a person or thing that has no great import­ance or value, especially when compared with sb/sth else (相比较之下 > 无足轻重的人(或事物} 'small-bore adj. 1 a small-bore gun is narrow inside (枪）小 U 径的 2 (informal, especiafly NAm£) not important无足轻重的；微不足道的：smaH-bore issues. 无关紧要的丨f题

.small 'capitals (also .small 'caps) noun [pi.] (technical 术语）capital letters which are the same height as lower-case letters小大写字母（与小写字母同等高度的

大写字母）

.small ’change /70W/7 [U] '1 coins of low value 小面值硬 币；零钱：Have you got any small change for the phone?你有没有打电话的零钱？ 2 something that is of little value when compared with sth else (相比较.之

下）没有什 >么价值的东西

.small 'claims court noun a locsd court which deals with cases involving small amounts of money 小额索赔

法院

,small 'fortune noun [usually sing.] {informal) a lot of money 一大笔钱：That holiday cost me a small fortune.

那次度假花了我一大笔钱。

small fry noun [U+sing./pl. v.] {informal) people or things that are considered unimportant compared to sb/sth else (相比较之下）不重要的人（或事物）：That’s smaH to her•对她来说，那不值一提。◊ Peopie Wee us are to such a Zarge business.对于这样一家大公司来 说，我们这样的人不对；是小鱼小虾。 small-h〇ld-er /'smo:lhaulda(r); NAmE -hou-/ noun (8r£) a person who owns or rents a small piece of land for farming小农场主；小农业经营者 small-hold-ing /'smoilheuldirj; NAmE -hou-/ noun a small piece of land used for farming —小块耕地 small.ish /•sm3:liJ7 fairly small 相当小的；颇小的： a smaHis/z tovvri相肖小的城邊

.small-'minded adj. (disapproving) having fixed opin­ions and ways of doing things and not willing to change them or consider other people’s opinions or feelings; interested in small problems and details and not in things which are really important 狭溢的；固执 己见的；心胸狭窄的；目光短浅的BD3INTOLERANT， petty ► .small-'minded-ness noun [l>]

.small po'tatoes noun [u] (NAm£) = small beer small-pox /'smoilpDks; NAmE -parks/ noun [U] a serious infectious disease (now extremely rare) that causes fever, leaves permanent marks on the skin and often causes death 天花'

the .small 'print (8r£) (NAmE the .fine 'print) noun [u] the important details of an agreement or a legal docu­ment that are usually printed in small type and are therefore easy to miss (协议或法律文件中臭于被忽略但 重要的）小号字印刷的附加条款：Head the smczH print be/ore sigm’n^.把小号字印刷的附加条款全部看过以 后再签字。

.small-'scale adj. 1 (of an organization, activity, etc. ^0. 织、活动等).not large in size or extent; limited in what it does小的；小范围的；小规模的：smaH-scaZe /armfng 小规模农业◊ a smaU-scaZe study 〇/ coupZes in second marriages对再婚夫妇的小范围研究2 (of maps, drawings, etc.地图、图样等）drawn to a small scale so that not many details are shown 按小比例绘制的；；小比 例尺的_ EH3 LARGE-SCALE

the .small 'screen noun [sing.] television (when con- trasted with cinema)电视（与i影相对而言）：This will be the film^ first showing on the small screen. 3^：^ 是这部电影首次4电视上播放。◊ his月rstsmaH-screen roZe他的第一个电视剧角色

'small talk noun [U] polite conversation about ordinary or unimportant subjects, especially at social occasions

寒暄；，谈；聊天

'small-time adj. [only before noun] (/>j/or/r?fl/, disapproving) (often of criminals 常指罪犯）not very important or suc­cessful 不太重要的； 不高 & 的 HT71 petty ： a small- rime croofc'手段不高明的骗子 _ compare big time n. 'small-town adj. [only before noun] 1 {disapproving) not showing much interest in new ideas or what is happening outside your .own environment 乡镇气的； 保4狭隘的；落后闭塞的p™ NARROW-MINDED : smaH-tovvn va〖ues 保守狭溢的价值观 2 connected with a small town 小城镇的：small-town America (= people who live in small towns in America)美国的小城镇人口 smarmy /'smaimi; NAmE 'smairmi/ adj. (smarm-ier, smarmi-est) (informal, disapproving) too polite in a way that is not sincere 过分殷li)的；谄媚的 HTlsmooth： a smarmy satesman —迎讨分的推销员 Smart /smart; NAmE smarrt/ adj., verb madj. (smart-er； smart est)

►                CLEAN/NEAT 整洁 1 (espec/fl"y 价£] (of people 人）looking

clean and neat; well dressed in fashionable and/or formal clothes；^冠楚楚的；衣着讲究的：VouZoofcvery smart in that suiM糸会上迻套衣M显得很精神。2^5^- c/a//y (of clothes, etc.衣月艮等）clean, neat and looking new and attractive        亮的；光鲜的：

77iey were wearing their smartest ctothes.他们都会 f 最 讲究的衣服。

►                INTE山GENT 聪明 3 (espeoa//)/ AMwf) intelligent 聪明 的；机敏的；* 明的：s/ie’s smarter than her brother.她 4 她 ‘ # 命明。◊ 77iat was a smart career move•那是 个人展上的一着抄棋。admit i’t而5 not the smartest thing I ever did (= it was a stupid thing to do).好吧，我承认那件事我办得很不漂亮。b note at INTELLIGENT

►                FASHIONABLE 时髦 4 (es/?ec/_fl//y connected with fash­ionable rich people 0^•髦人物尚； 高档的：smart restaurants 高档餐馆◊ She mixes with t/ie smart set.她

跟那帮时髦人物交往。

►                QUICK 快隹 5 (of a movement, etc.动作等）quick and usually done with force快速的;敏捷和；迅速而有力的

brisk : He was struck with a smart crack on the head.他头上突然被猛击了一下。◊ We set 〇#at a smart pace.我们快步出发了。

►                COMPUTER-CONTROLLED 计算机控制 6 (of a device, espe­cially of a weapon/bomb 尤指武器、炸弹等装置) controlled by a computer, so that it appears to act in an intelligent way 智能的：smart bombs M 巧炸弹◊ TTiis smart washing machine will dispense an optimal amount o/water/or the toad.这台智能洗衣机会榼据衣物多少适 当安排进水量。

► smart-ly adv. [especially Br£) ： smartZy dressed 衣着光 ^ 〇 He ran off pretty smartly (= quickly and suddenly). 祕一下子跑掉7。smartness now/? [U]

■ verb [V] 1 ~ (from sth) to feel a sharp stinging pain in a part of your body 感到剧烈刺痛：His eyes were smarting jirom the smoke.他给妇薰得两眼生疼。2 ~ (from/over sth) to feel upset about a criticism, failure, etc.(因批 评、失败等）难过，烦恼：771印are stiH smarting/irom the de/eat tet week.他们仍为上星期0:4惨败而难 过。.一see also smarts

smart alec (6r£) {NAmE smart aleck) /'smart aelik; NAmE 'smarrt/ (also 'smarty-pants) {BrE also 'smart- arse) (NAmE also 'smart-ass) noun {informal, disap­proving) a person who thinks they are very clever and likes to show people this in an annoying way 自诬聪明 的人;好逞能的人

'smart card noun a small plastic card on which infor- mation is stored in electronic form 智能卡；灵通卡；高 级磁卡了- see also chip card

smart-en /'smaitn; NAmE 'smairtn/ verb IJ!l：m .smart­en sb/sth-*'up I .smarten (yourself) 'up (especially BrE) to make yourself, another person or a place look neater or more attractive (使）整洁起来，金得光鲜亮 丽：The hotel has been smartened up by the new owners. 新主人<把旅馆修葺一新。

smart-ish /'smartij; NAmE 'smarrt-/ adj., adv. {informal, 8/*£) quick; quickly 很快的（地）；迅速的