less 音标拼音: [l'ɛs]
a . 更少的,更小的
ad . 更少地,更小地
n . 更少,较少
更少的,更小的更少地,更小地更少,较少
less 小於
less adv 1 :
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs ; "
less interesting "; "
less expensive "; "
less quickly " [
synonym : {
less }, {
to a lesser extent }] [
ant :
{
more }, {
to a greater extent }]
2 :
comparative of little ; "
she walks less than she should "; "
he works less these days " [
ant : {
more }]
adj 1 : (
comparative of `
little '
usually used with mass nouns )
a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree ; "
of less importance "; "
less time to spend with the family ";
"
a shower uses less water "; "
less than three years old "
[
ant : {
more than }, {
more (
a )}]
2 : (
usually preceded by `
no ')
lower in quality ; "
no less than perfect "
3 : (
nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases )
fewer ; "
less than three weeks "; "
no less than 50 people attended "; "
in 25 words or less "
Less \
Less \,
v .
t .
To make less ;
to lessen . [
Obs .] --
Gower .
[
1913 Webster ]
Less \
Less \ (
l [
e ^]
s ),
conj .
Unless . [
Obs .] --
B .
Jonson .
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1913 Webster ]
Less \
Less \,
a . [
OE .
lesse ,
AS .
l [=
ae ]
ssa ;
akin to OFries .
l [=
e ]
ssa ;
a compar .
from a lost positive form .
Cf . {
Lesser },
{
Lest }, {
Least }.
Less has the sense of the comparative degree of little .]
Smaller ;
not so large or great ;
not so much ;
shorter ;
inferior ;
as ,
a less quantity or number ;
a horse of less size or value ;
in less time than before .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
The substantive which less qualifies is often omitted ;
as ,
the purse contained less (
money )
than ten dollars .
See {
Less },
n .
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Thus in less [
time ]
than a hundred years from the coming of Augustine ,
all England became Christian . --
E .
A .
Freeman .
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Less \
Less \,
adv . [
AS .
l [=
ae ]
s .
See {
Less },
adj .,
and cf .
{
Lest }.]
Not so much ;
in a smaller or lower degree ;
as ,
less bright or loud ;
less beautiful .
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Less \
Less \,
n .
1 .
A smaller portion or quantity .
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The children of Israel did so ,
and gathered ,
some more ,
some less . --
Ex .
xvi .
17 .
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2 .
The inferior ,
younger ,
or smaller .
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The less is blessed of the better . --
Heb .
vii .
7 .
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-
less \-
less \ (-
l [
e ^]
s )
suff . [
AS .
le ['
a ]
s loose ,
false ;
akin to OS .
l [=
o ]
s loose ,
false ,
D .
los loose ,
loos false ,
sly ,
G .
los loose ,
Icel .
lauss loose ,
vacant ,
Goth .
laus empty ,
vain ,
and also to E .
loose ,
lose . [
root ]
127 .
See {
Lose },
and cf .
{
Loose }, {
Leasing }.]
A privative adjective suffix ,
denoting without ,
destitute of ,
not having ;
as witless ,
childless ,
fatherless .
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1913 Webster ]
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "
less ":
abated ,
ablated ,
at a disadvantage ,
at the nadir ,
attenuated ,
barring ,
bated ,
belittled ,
below ,
below the mark ,
common ,
consumed ,
contracted ,
curtailed ,
decreased ,
decreasingly ,
decrescendo ,
deflated ,
demeaning ,
diminished ,
diminishingly ,
diminuendo ,
disadvantaged ,
discounting ,
dissipated ,
dropped ,
eroded ,
ever less ,
except ,
excepting ,
exception taken of ,
excluding ,
exclusive of ,
fallen ,
fewer ,
from ,
humble ,
in the gutter ,
in the shade ,
inferior ,
infra dig ,
junior ,
least ,
least of all ,
leaving out ,
less and less ,
lesser ,
low ,
lower ,
lowered ,
lowly ,
miniaturized ,
minor ,
minus ,
modest ,
not counting ,
not so much ,
off ,
ordinary ,
reduced ,
retrenched ,
sans ,
save ,
scaled -
down ,
second rank ,
second string ,
secondary ,
servile ,
shorn ,
short of ,
shorter ,
shrunk ,
shrunken ,
smaller ,
sub ,
subaltern ,
subject ,
subordinate ,
subservient ,
third rank ,
third string ,
under ,
under par ,
underprivileged ,
vulgar ,
watered -
down ,
weakened ,
without ,
worn
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