词典释义：
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Can we dig it up? Yes, I think we buried it over here. Oh. I thought it was a much smaller tree. It was a long time ago. The tree has grown a bit since then.
我们能挖出来吗？可以啊，我记得我们把它埋在这里了。我记得是一颗很小的树。这是很久以前的事了。现在这棵树已经长大啦。
《Peppa Pig Season 2》《粉红猪小妹 第二季》
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Galaxies are moving away from each other like raisins in a rising loaf of bread, which suggests that in the distant past, the universe must have been much smaller.
银河系正在互相分离，就像正发起面包里面的葡萄干，这表明在遥远的过去，宇宙一定是小得多。
《The Science of Interstellar》《《星际穿越》中的科学》
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We don't really know if such an original language ever existed, but we do know that the thousands of languages existing today can be traced back to a much smaller number.
我们不知道是否曾经存在过这么一种初始语言，但我们知道如今的成千上万种语言可以追溯到有限的几种。
《TED-Ed》《TED教育》
双语例句
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Farms in France are much smaller than those in the United States or even Britain.
法国的农场比美国甚至英国的都小得多。
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This pond looks much smaller than the Yellow Dragon Pond.
这个潭好像比黄龙潭小了不少啊。
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Nyah, much smaller then, is dozing in her crib by the bed.
娜雅，那时候比现在小得多，正在她的婴儿床里打盹呢。
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"Heidi," Clara said,"of course you can't; you are much smaller than I am."
“海蒂，”克拉拉说，“你当然不能；你可比我矮小多了。”
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Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less.
艾萨克·牛顿爵士比起河马的体型可小多了，但是我们并不会因此贬低他。