| 单词 | quite a little |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquite a little —— 10. Used as an (ironic) intensifier in various constructions, as quite a little ——, quite the little ——, a nice little ——, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > considerable in amount or degree goodeOE fairOE goodlyc1275 largea1375 no littlea1413 substantial1413 unleast?1440 prettya1475 reasonablea1500 substantious1545 substantive1575 sensible1581 pretty and ——1596 goody1597 greatish1611 considerable1651 sonsy1721 respectable1736 smart1750 quite a little ——1763 gey1796 smartish1799 canny1805 serious1810 right smart1825 dunnamuch1831 snug1833 tidy1839 bonnyish1855 largish1872 a nice little ——1891 significant1898 healthy1901 beaucoup1917 1763 G. Colman Deuce is in Him i. 6 I know her whole history; It is quite a little novel. 1819 J. Keats Let. 14 Feb. (1931) II. 320 Says he, ‘O, he is quite the little poet’... You might as well say Buonaparte is quite the little soldier. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxiv. 228 Miss Blanche..had quite a little museum of locks of hair in her treasure-chest. 1861 Sporting Rev. Oct. 249 Kettledrum's walk-over was quite a little tit-bit for the Yorkshiremen. 1891 N. Gould Double Event xvi. 112 A nice little swindle you worked off on me that time. 1919 Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 21 Feb. 13/5 (cartoon caption) Tom is quite the little humorist. 1949 N. Marsh Swing, Brother, Swing iv. 57 Now that's quite a nifty little idea. 1951 J. D. Salinger Catcher in Rye xv. 127 ‘Who is this?’ she said. She was quite a little phoney. I'd already told her father who it was. a1978 S. T. Warner One Thing leading to Another (1985) 8 He..made a nice little profit on the transaction, having bought them off a white-elephant stall for eighteenpence apiece. 2009 N. Cave Death Bunny Munro (2010) xx. 172 The open-lidded, upright Bösendorfer along the far wall..would be a nice little earner for some enterprising antique dealer in a couple of years. < as lemmas |
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