wee

adjective

/wiː/

(informal)Idioms

(especially Scottish English) very small in size很小的；极小的
- a wee girl娇小的女孩
- Who was that wee lassie who was here last night?昨晚在这里的那个小女孩是谁？
small in amount; little微量的；很少的；一丁点儿的
- Just a wee drop of milk for me.给我一丁点儿奶就行。
- I felt a wee bit guilty about it.我对此觉得有点儿愧疚。
- I might be a wee bit late.我可能会晚一点。
- Come inside for a wee dram.进来喝杯小酒。

词源adjective Middle English (originally a noun use in Scots, usually as a little wee ‘a little bit’): from Old English wēg(e) ‘balance, weight’, of Germanic origin.

Idioms

the wee small hours (Scottish English)

(North American English the wee hours)

(also the early/small hours British and North American English)

the period of time very early in the morning, soon after midnight午夜刚过的一段时间；凌晨时分
- We danced into the wee small hours of the morning.我们跳舞跳到凌晨。
- I woke in the wee hours.我凌晨醒来。

wee

noun

/wiː/

(also wee-wee)

(informal, especially British English) often used by young children or when you are talking to them常用作儿语

[singular] an act of passing liquid waste (called urine) from your body尿尿；撒尿
- to do/have a wee尿尿
- I’m going for a wee.我要去小便。
- Mummy, I need a wee.妈妈，我要撒尿。
Collocations Dictionary
verb + wee
- do
- have
- take
- …
[uncountable] urine (= the waste liquid that collects in the bladder and that you pass from your body)尿尿；撒尿
- a puddle of wee一摊尿

词源noun 1930s: imitative.

wee

verb

/wiː/

(also wee-wee)

[intransitive] (informal, especially British English) often used by young children or when you are talking to them常用作儿语

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they wee	/wiː/ /wiː/
he / she / it wees	/wiːz/ /wiːz/
past simple weed	/wiːd/ /wiːd/
past participle weed	/wiːd/ /wiːd/
-ing form weeing	/ˈwiːɪŋ/ /ˈwiːɪŋ/

to pass liquid waste (called urine) from the body尿尿；撒尿
- Do you need to wee?你要撒尿吗？
词源verb 1930s: imitative.

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