释义 |
ˈover-ˈfew, a. Now dial. [over- 28.] Too few.
[1470–85Malory Arthur v. x, Ouer fewe to fyght with soo many.] 1538Starkey England ii. ii. 191 Of them [i.e. ministers of the law] are ouer-many, though ther be among them ouer-few gud. a1687H. More in Norris Theory Love (1688) 181 Else they would be in the state of sincerity, which over-few..are. [Mod. Sc. Owre few o' the richt sort.] |