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tad /tæd/ noun spoken a tad spoken a) LITTLE/NOT MUCHa small amount 少量,一点 ‘Would you like some milk?’ ‘Just a tad.’ “你要来点牛奶吗?”“就一点点。” b) slightly 稍微 It’s a tad expensive. 这有点贵。Examples from the Corpustad• Brilliantly designed, very realistic and, despite being a tad tricky to master at first, incredibly playable.• Surely they can't begrudge us for being a tad sharper round the bends?• Some dab on a tad, some eat it like soup.• For the first touchdown of the day, Young threw a 5-yard pass a tad low and short.• That was more than a tad retro so I distracted myself and put some music on.• His 21 errors were a tad high but not nearly as worrisome as his 127 strikeouts.Origin tad (1900-2000) tad “small boy” ((19-20 centuries)), perhaps from English dialect tad “toad”tad nounChinese small a Corpus amount |