least

介词短语 名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv. 代词 pron. 限定词 det.
中文释义
英 /liːst/    美 /list/

英文释义

介词短语
  1. At least. informal,nonstandard
    — “Why he took and dipped his hand in a rotten stump where the rain water was.” “In the day time?” “Certainly.” “With his face to the stump?” “Yes. Least I reckon so.”
名词 n.
  1. Preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little; the lowest-ranking or most insignificant person or (sometimes) group of people.
    — even the least of
  2. Something of the smallest possible extent; an indivisible unit; a minimum.
形容词 adj.
  1. Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little.; Chiefly used with abstract nouns: less than all others in extent or size; littlest, smallest.
    — least common multiple
  2. Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little.; Chiefly used with abstract nouns: less than all others in extent or size; littlest, smallest.; Of two or more animals or plants with the same name: the smaller or smallest.
    — least weasel
  3. Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little.; Lowest in importance or status; most insignificant or unimportant. archaic
    — [M]ans reaſon is ſo farre off from being the meaſurer of faith, vvhich very far exceedeth nature, that it is not ſo much as the meaſurer of nature, & of the leaſt creatures vvhich lie farre vnderneath man; becauſe of the ignorance and vntovvardnes vvhich is in vs and raigneth in vs.
  4. Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little.; Followed by an agent noun: of a person: who does some action to the smallest degree. obsolete
副词 adv.
  1. In a degree below all others; in the lowest or smallest degree. negative,superlative
    — My best routine was the one I had practised the least.
  2. Used to form superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding -est. negative,superlative
    — It was the least surprising thing.
代词 pron.
  1. Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little; the smallest amount or extent of something.
    — I’m giving least of all towards her present.
限定词 det.
  1. Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little.; Smallest in amount or extent.
    — He earns the least money in his family.
  2. Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little.; Followed by a plural noun: the smallest number of; the fewest.
    — Whichever queue contains the least items by the time this logic branch is reached will be executed first.
  3. Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little.; Any, no matter how small in amount or extent.
    — not even the least amount

词形变化

leasts plural 'least alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
The adjective, determiner, and noun are derived from Middle English leste, lest, last (“(adjective) smallest, least; (noun) smallest thing, etc.; person or thing least in importance; etc.”), from Old English lǣst, a contraction of læsast, læsest (“least”) (also lærest in only one source), from Proto-Germanic *laisistaz (“smallest, least”), from *laisiz (“less”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-; whence modern English less) + *-istaz (“suffix forming superlative forms of some adjectives”).
The adverb and pronoun are derived from the adjective or determiner.
cognates
* Old Frisian leist
* Old Saxon lēs
词源 2
Contraction of at least.
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