(adj.) small or little relative to something else .
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双语例句
They are a smaller horde than the Tharks but much more ferocious. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.火星公主.
Then they moved across, through the hall, to the other front room, that was a little smaller than the firSt. 'This is the study,' said Hermione. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
In this respect, therefore, the species of the larger genera resemble varieties, more than do the species of the smaller genera. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
And yet molecules are made up of even smaller particles, called atoms. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
Nations with a glorious past as to bravery but with a poor armament have gone down suddenly before smaller forces armed with modern ordnance. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
From the cooling and cont racting masses that were to constitute the planets smaller zones and rings were formed. 李贝.西洋科学史.
Diving bells have been made of various forms, more especially in that of a bell or hollow truncated cone, with the smaller end closed, and the larger one, which is placed lowermost, open. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
Their bodies were smaller and lighter in color, and their fingers and toes bore the rudiments of nails, which were entirely lacking among the males. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.火星公主.
Rent, even where coals afford one, has generally a smaller share in their price than in that of most other parts of the rude produce of land. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
The steam-shovel did not discriminate, but picked up handily single pieces weighing five or six tons and loaded them on the skips with quantities of smaller lumps. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
It was at the bottom of a page, and was for want of room compressed into a smaller space than that occupied by the marriages above. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
It restrains the circulation of each particular company within a narrower circle, and reduces their circulating notes to a smaller number. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
Not the least curious of the smaller contrivances is an apparatus which deserves notice as a useful application of magnetism to manufacturing purposes. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
A smaller size, called _carbines_, were used by the mounted troops. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
At the end of this line it is shaken out over a grating, and the sand handled in the same manner as on the smaller conveyors. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
I am inclined to think that the percentage of crooked people was smaller when I was young. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
Perish the daring thought that any smaller creation should come between! 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
Though their marriages are generally more fruitful than those of people of fashion, a smaller proportion of their children arrive at maturity. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
The hat sailed far out into space and we could see it smaller and smaller, the patent leather shining in the clear air, sailing down to the river. 欧内斯特·海明威.丧钟为谁而鸣.
Otherwise, it is shattered into smaller bits. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
To the end the largest city states of Greece remained smaller than many English counties; and some had an area of only a few square miles. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
In the larger manufacturing towns the same tragedy was acted on a smaller, yet more disastrous scale. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
Of their smaller fowl I could take up twenty or thirty at the end of my knife. 乔纳森·斯威夫特.格列佛游记.
Gold has been found in smaller or larger quantities in nearly all parts of the world. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death, rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end. 乔纳森·斯威夫特.格列佛游记.
They went to a recess in the same room, and there, on a smaller bed, lay another figure--Wildeve. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
This discovery laid many smaller matters open. 简·奥斯汀.爱玛.
I have strong reason for confidently believing that we shall never be in the receipt of a smaller income than our present income. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
The image is smaller than the object. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.
The space between these two rolls allowed pieces of rock measuring less than fourteen inches to descend to other smaller rolls placed below. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.