tad

英 [tæd]

美 [tæd]

n.  少量; 一点儿

BNC.25270 / COCA.14469

牛津词典

noun

• 少量；一点儿
  a very small amount
  1. Could you turn the sound down just a tad?
     你把音量调低一点儿好吗？

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 稍微;略微
  You can usea tadin expressions such asa tad bigora tad smallwhen you mean that it is slightly too big or slightly too small.
  1. It was a tad confusing...
     这叫人有点糊涂。
  2. The prices were a tad above average, but they're of the highest quality.
     价格比平均水平略高，可它们的质量是最好的。

英英释义

noun

• a slight amount or degree of difference
  1. a tad too expensive
  2. not a tad of difference
  3. the new model is a shade better than the old one
  Synonym:shade

双语例句

• The prices were a tad above average, but they're of the highest quality.
  价格比平均水平略高，可它们的质量是最好的。
• But she's a tad muscular.
  但她肌肉太少。
• Tad Trenton: Except for the one in my closet.
  泰德·特伦顿：除了我壁橱里的那一个。
• You know, now that the moment is upon me, I must admit to feeling a tad misty.
  知道吗，现在一切都在我掌握中，我必须承认感觉有点迷茫。
• To take one of many possible examples, when things are unresolved I can get a tad anxious.
  从众多可能中举个例子来说，当事情没有搞定时，我会有点焦躁。
• While Greece teeters, one of its eurozone peers on the Iberian Peninsula is feeling a tad wobbly too.
  希腊一个踉跄，伊比利亚半岛上的另一个欧元区国家也感到了一丝摇晃。
• Then my mind asked my heart, a tad sarcastically: Since WHEN?
  然后我的大脑问我的心，带点挖苦的语气：从什么时候开始的？
• We assumed that this guy was tad.
  我们以为这个人是泰德。
• Did that first 'like' make him feel a tad better about his life?
  那么这条状态下的第一个赞真的能让他对自己的生活感觉好点吗？
• Of course, there is a bracing clarity to this thinking, but it's a tad too neat.
  这样的想法可以说是够清楚的了，但是它有点太单纯。