few /fju:/ I. adj.少数的，不多的：Few people remember it.几乎没有人记得这事。 ‖II. n. (用作pl.)少数，几乎没有：Few of his friends have been there.他的朋友没几个人去过那儿。a few 有些，几个： A few of them speak English. 他们中间有几个人讲英语。 quite a few 相当多，不少 (=a good few): There were quite a few students absent from class today.今天缺课的学生不少。［注］few不论作形容词还是名词，在句中都表示否定，a few 表示肯定；两者均和可数名词复数连用。
［辨析］见little
