| 单词 | quite a few |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquite a few d. Originally U.S. quite a few. extracted from fewadj.pron.n. (a) Used adjectivally: a considerable number of. ΚΠ 1833 Nolan County (Texas) News 26 Jan. Quite a few White Flat people attended the singing at Trent. 1939 L. Hughes Let. 9 Dec. in Remember me to Harlem (2001) 159 That phase of Harlem's rise to culture and neo-culture seems to be of historical importance and interest to quite a few people. 2014 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl. (Nexis) 22 July (News section) 1 I went fishing yesterday afternoon and caught quite a few spotted trout. (b) Used as noun: a considerable number; also with of-phrase as complement. ΚΠ 1844 Christian Advocate Apr. 139/5 We were glad to find ‘honorable brethren’, quite a few 'tis true, prepared to go with us. 1883 P. Robinson in Harper's Mag. Oct. 706/1 There's quite a few about among the rocks. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xi. 172 Quite a few of the present-day Indo-European languages agree with English in using an actor-action form as a favorite sentence-type. 2006 S. M. Stirling Sky People ix. 204 Cries of welcome greeted them; quite a few had observed the shot from a distance, and fresh meat was always welcome. < as lemmas |
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