| 单词 | a tad |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa tad 3. A small amount; frequently used adverbially in the expression a tad, a little, slightly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount speckc725 littleOE somethingc1200 lutewihtc1230 little whatc1384 ouncec1387 lap1393 smalla1400 modicumc1400 nekedc1400 spota1413 tinec1420 nieveful?a1425 handfulc1443 mouthful?c1450 smatchc1456 weec1480 quern1503 halfpennyworth1533 groatsworth1562 dram1566 shellful1578 trickle1580 snatch1592 sprinkling1594 fleck1598 snip1598 pittance1600 lick1603 fingerful1604 modicum1606 thimbleful1607 flash1614 dasha1616 pipa1616 pickle1629 drachm1635 cue1654 smack1693 starn1720 bit1753 kenning1787 minikin1787 tate1805 starnie1808 sprat1815 harl1821 skerrick1825 smallums1828 huckleberry1832 scrimp1840 thimble1841 smite1843 nattering1859 sensation1859 spurt1859 pauchlea1870 mention1891 sketch1894 sputterings1894 scrappet1901 titch1937 tad1940 skosh1959 smattering1973 the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > to a small extent or a little littlec1175 a litec1290 a little quantityc1330 little whata1387 wee1513 a whit1526 thought1581 a wee bita1661 a small (also little) matter1690 a trifle1859 a wheen1869 a taste1894 smitch1895 a lick1902 mite1939 a skosh1959 a tidge1959 a tad1969 1940 Amer. Speech 15 448/1 Tad, a very small amount. ‘I want to borrow a tad of salt.’ 1969 L. Michaels Going Places 159 I tried to smile. ‘You come back later, baby. I'm a tad indisposed.’ 1976 Time 27 Sept. 39/2 ‘Pull 'er up a tad, please, mister,’ said the nonchalant teen-ager pumping gas. 1977 Time 14 Mar. 28/3 White House watchers also think they can glimpse a tad of arrogance showing through the good ole boy pose. 1977 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 15 Dec. 8/2 Things are a tad hectic. 1979 D. Anthony Long Hard Cure xv. 116 Why don't we sit here on the veranda? There's a tad of breeze. 1980 N.Y. Times 12 Aug. a18/1 The Mayor's pitch is a tad exaggerated both on the law's certainty and on the roominess of New York's prisons. < as lemmas |
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