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单词 small beer
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beer1 /bēr/

noun
  1. An alcoholic drink made by fermentation from malted barley flavoured with hops
  2. The generic name of malt liquor, including ale and porter
  3. A glassful, etc of this to drink
  4. Applied to other fermented liquors such as ginger beer
ORIGIN: OE bēor; Ger Bier, Du bier, ON bjorr

beerˈage noun

Brewers collectively, the brewing industry

beerˈiness noun

beerˈy adjective

  1. Affected by beer
  2. Smelling or tasting of beer
  3. In the habit of drinking beer

beerˈ-barrel noun

beer belly noun

A protuberant belly caused, or considered so, by excessive beer-drinking

beer bottle noun

beer engine or beer pump noun

A machine for drawing beer up from the casks to the bar

beer garden noun

A garden with tables where beer and other refreshments may be purchased

beer goggles plural noun (slang)

A supposed source of impaired vision due to drinking alcohol, causing potential sexual partners to appear more attractive than they really are

beer gut noun (informal)

A beer belly

beerˈhall noun (S Afr)

A large public drinking-place formerly for non-white people only

beer house noun

A house where beer is sold

beerˈ-mat noun

A small, usu cardboard table mat for a beer glass, etc

beer money noun

  1. Money given in lieu of beer and spirits
  2. A gratuity

beer parlor or beer parlour noun (Can)

A public room in a hotel, etc, where beer is served

beer pong noun

A drinking game involving the throwing of table-tennis balls into glasses of beer

beerˈ-up noun (Aust sl)

  1. A drinking bout
  2. A rowdy drunken party

beer and skittles

Idle enjoyment

bitter beer

Pale ale, a highly hopped beer made from the very finest selected malt and hops (mild or sweet ale being comparatively lightly hopped)

black beer

A kind of beer made at Gdańsk, black and syrupy

dry beer see under dry

small beer

  1. Weak beer
  2. Something trifling or unimportant, esp when compared with something else

small /smöl/

adjective
  1. Little in size, extent, quantity, value, power, importance, or degree
  2. Young
  3. Slender
  4. Narrow
  5. Fine in grain, texture, gauge, etc
  6. Unimposing, humble
  7. (of thought or action) ungenerous, petty, ignoble
  8. Short of the full standard
  9. Dilute
  10. Operating on no great scale
  11. Soft or gentle in sound
  12. Minor
noun
  1. A small thing, portion or piece
  2. The narrow part (esp of the back)
  3. Small-coal
  4. (in pl) small-clothes
  5. (in pl; euphemistic and joc) underclothes
  6. (in pl) formerly at Oxford, the examination called responsions (corresponding to little go at Cambridge)
  7. A size of roofing slate, 12×8in (305×203mm)
adverb
  1. In a low tone
  2. Gently
  3. Into small pieces
  4. On a small scale
  5. Only slightly (Shakespeare)
transitive verb and intransitive verb (rare)

To make or become small

ORIGIN: OE smæl; Ger schmal

smallˈish adjective

smallˈness noun

small ads plural noun

Classified advertisements

small ale noun

Ale made with little malt and no hops

smallˈ-and-earlˈy noun (informal; Dickens, etc)

An informal evening party

small arm noun

(usu in pl) a weapon that can be carried by a person, esp a handgun or short weapon

small beer see under beer1

smallˈ-bore adjective

(of a firearm) having a barrel with a small bore, of a calibre not more than .22in

small calorie see calorie

small capitals (informal small caps) plural noun

Capital letters of the height of lower case

small change noun

  1. Coins of low value
  2. Hence, someone or something of little importance

small chop noun (W Afr)

Snacks served with drinks

small circle see under circle

small claims plural noun

Claims for small amounts of money (in England and Wales up to £5000, in Northern Ireland up to £2000, in Scotland up to £750) that can be dealt with through a simpler legal procedure than larger claims

smallˈ-clothes plural noun

Knee-breeches, esp those of the close-fitting 18c form

smallˈ-coal noun

Coal in small pieces

small craft noun

Small vessels generally

smallest room noun (euphemistic)

A lavatory, esp in a house

small fry noun

  1. A small person
  2. An unimportant or insignificant person (or people)

small goods plural noun (Aust and NZ)

Cooked meat products, such as sausages

smallˈ-hand noun

Writing such as is ordinarily used in correspondence

smallˈholder noun

smallˈholding noun

  1. A holding of land smaller than an ordinary farm, esp one provided by the local authority
  2. The working of such land

small hours plural noun

The hours immediately after midnight

small intestine see intestine

small lady noun

A size of roofing slate, 14×12in (356×305mm)

small letter noun

(usu in pl) a lower-case letter

small-mindˈed adjective

Petty

small-mindˈedly adverb

small-mindˈedness noun

smallˈmouth noun

A N American freshwater fish (Micropterus dolomieu)

small pica see under pica1

smallˈ-pipes plural noun

The form of bagpipes played esp in S Scotland and N England, smaller than the Highland bagpipes and with the bag inflated by bellows under the arm rather than by air from the lungs

small potatoes plural noun (orig N American)

Someone or something (esp a sum of money) of little importance, value, significance, etc

smallˈpox noun

(orig pl) a contagious, febrile disease, characterized by fever and pockmarks on the skin

small print noun

Details of a contract, insurance policy, etc, the small type having a tendency to obscure limitations or legal rights

smallˈsat noun (informal)

A relatively small, inexpensive communications satellite

smallˈ-scale adjective

  1. (of maps, models, etc) representing a large area without giving fine detail
  2. (of a business enterprise) having a limited size and scope

small screen noun

Television

smallˈ-screen adjective

small sword noun

A light thrusting sword for fencing or duelling

small talk noun

Light or trifling conversation

smallˈ-time adjective (informal)

  1. Unimportant
  2. Insignificant

small-timˈer noun

small-tooth comb noun

  1. A comb with a row of fine teeth on each side
  2. An arrangement for minute investigation (figurative)

smallˈ-town adjective

  1. Provincial, petty
  2. Naïve, unsophisticated

small wares plural noun

  1. Small articles such as tape, braid, buttons and hooks
  2. Trifles

by small and small (Shakespeare)

Little by little

feel small

To feel insignificant, cheap, ashamed, etc

in a small way

  1. With little capital or stock
  2. Unostentatiously, on a small scale

in small

On a small scale

in the smallest (Shakespeare)

In the least

look small

  1. To look silly or insignificant
  2. To be snubbed
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