作者Adlay ()
看板Linguistics
标题Re: [请益] small & little
时间Fri Jan 2 14:07:56 2009
※ 引述《jiannan1828 (干你妈的!竟然偷Q我!)》之铭言:
: 小老鼠怎麽说?
: little mouse?
: small mouse?
: 我个人是觉得是 Small mouse,
: 但是书本却写 little mouse,
: 我跑去问系上的同学,
: 有人说都可以用,
: 也有人说只能说 little mouse
: 请问,究竟要怎麽说才是对的?
: 那 small 跟 little 在使用上的时机呢?
下列句子来自母语人士的英语:
1. The little mouse which had run so fast and so far would now sit still...
2. It's not very safe for you here, little mouse.
3. Little mouse has come to say hello and welcome us to the animal show.
4. The king's son followed Mitsi, who was a small house with long whiskers.
不论little还是small都可以形容mouse,可是含意不同,
little形容的老鼠都像是故事或是寓言当中的小老鼠,亲切可爱,
说话者带有个人的情感,颇有拟人化的修辞技巧;
但是,small来形容老鼠例子比较少,而且像是事实的描写,不带个人情感,
就是小只的老鼠.....
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: 麻烦帮解答了(跪)
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