| 单词 | wee wee |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswee wee a. Extremely small, tiny. (In Scottish use with weaker sense, as a synonym of little.) Often more emphatically wee wee, little wee, wee little.The Shakespeare example is not found in the quarto of 1602; as this has ‘a whay-coloured beard’ in the corresponding sentence, it has been conjectured that the ‘wee-face’ of the Folio may be a mistake for whey-face (cf. Macbeth v. iii. 17). However, the reading of the Folio may be taken as evidence that the adjective was known in 1623. In this and in quot. 1607 the adjective is hyphenated with the following noun, and preceded by little. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] smallOE littleOE litec1275 a little wightc1275 petitc1390 weea1525 pusill1599 slender1610 lile1633 scantling1652 piccaninny1707 pinkie1718 insignificant1748 baby1750 leetle1755 tiddy1781 bit1786 inconsiderable1796 itty1798 peerie1808 tittya1825 titty-tottya1825 ickle1846 tiddly1868 peewee1877 lil1881 shirttail1881 inextensive1890 puny1898 liddle1906 pint-sized1921 pint-size1925 peedie1929 tenas1935 itsy-bitsy1938 itty-bitty1940 titchy1950 scrappy1985 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > extremely small tinea1400 little weea1525 undersmall?1527 little little1542 perpusil1598 tiny1598 punctual1605 minute1606 pygmya1616 exiguous1630 atomical1646 minutulous1651 puncticular1658 arenulous1664 myriate1665 minimal1666 minim1671 infinitesimal1733 minutissim1768 weeny1790 midgety1798 teeny1802 pinpoint1807 atomic1809 homuncular1822 minnow1824 weeshy1825 pinhead1835 finitesimal1836 homoeopathic1838 teeny-weeny1842 teenty1844 teenty-taunty1844 teeny-tiny1849 submolecular1854 teensy1856 super-compact1860 midget1865 ultramicroscopic1870 pilulous1871 teensy-weensy1872 tee-tiny1872 minuscule1878 smitchy1888 eeny-weeny1894 eensy-weensy1904 pygmean1904 ultramicroscopical1904 bitsy1905 bitty1905 totty1906 millimetric1909 miniscule1909 minuscular1911 insectual1912 micro1931 eeny1933 eensy1940 submicrogram1941 submillimetre1954 diddy1963 mini1963 micro-mini1967 a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 649 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 115 Ye litill we wran Ye wretchit dorche was. 1607 Fayre Mayde of Exchange ii. i Hee was nothing so tall as I, but a little wee-man, and somewhat huckt backt. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. iv. 20 He hath but a little wee-face; with a little yellow Beard. View more context for this quotation 1638 in W. N. Clarke Coll. Lett. (1848) 173 Her ministers gangand in guid auld little short cloakes, with wea blacke velvet neckes. 1638 in W. N. Clarke Coll. Lett. (1848) 180 Upon his weake wea nagg. 1692 ‘J. Curate’ Sc. Presbyterian Eloquence iii. 104 The very wie-ones [margin, Little Children] were then so serious that [etc.]. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. A 178 A wie [Foot-note: little] Mouse will creep under a mickle Corn-stack. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. B 35 Better a wie Fire to warm us, than a mickle Fire to burn us. 1721 A. Ramsay Poems I. Gloss. 397 Wee, Little; as, A wanton wee Thing. 1726 Fleming's Fulfilling Script. (ed. 5) sig. *a2v (Table Sc. Phr.) Wie, little, or small. 1792 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 658 She is a winsome wee thing. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 219 Wee Davock hauds the nowt in fother. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 120 It wad aye serve to keep the puir thing's heart up for a wee while. 1819 J. R. Drake Culprit Fay xv He banned the water~goblins' spite,—For he saw..Their little wee faces above the brine. 1827 G. Darley Sylvia 31 Neater, I ween, though not much ampler, Than wee miss works upon her sampler. 1832 W. Motherwell Oh Wae Be in Poems 6 The wee wee fifes piped loud and shrill. 1846 H. Coleridge Poems II. 23 Like a wee bird struggling in the nest. a1856 in Strang Glasgow & Clubs 574 You have only to raise the window, haud up your wee finger, and, [etc.]. 1884 Queen Victoria More Leaves 204 We met little Alix on her wee pony. 1889 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob iii She would be free..to hie herself to London~town and take a dear wee little flat. < as lemmas |
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