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Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

Adv

1. comparative degree of little
2. Used for constructing syntactic diminutive comparatives of adjectives and adverbs.
3. To a smaller extent or degree.

Det

1. comparative form of little: more little; of inferior size, degree or extent; smaller, lesser.
2. A smaller amount of; not as much.
3. Fewer; a smaller number of.

Prep

Minus; not including

Verb

To make less; to lessen.

Adj

Lesser; smaller.

Noun

A smaller amount or quantity.

Conj

unless

Phát âm là (IPA)

/lɛs/

Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

Adverb From Middle English les, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣs (“smaller, less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisiz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, be gentle”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēs (“less”), Old Saxon lēs (“less”). According to Kroonen (2013), from a northern Indo-European root Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-, which he connects to Lithuanian liesas (“lean”).
Determiner and preposition from Middle English lees, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣssa (“less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisizan-, from Proto-Germanic *laisiz (“smaller, lesser, fewer, lower”) (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian lessa (“less”).
Verb from Middle English lessen, from the determiner.
Noun from Middle English lesse, from the determiner.

Câu

He looked around at the empty plaza again , feeling less desperate than before .

Anh lại nhìn xung quanh quảng trường trống rỗng, cảm thấy bớt tuyệt vọng hơn trước.

In Britain it flowers less profusely and even has a reputation for being tender .

Ở Anh, nó hoa ít hơn và thậm chí có tiếng là dịu dàng.