英汉词典

1. 几个;数个;一些
    Several is used to refer to an imprecise number of people or things that is not large but is greater than two.

several

    e.g. I had lived two doors away from this family for several years...
           我和这家人是好几年的邻居了，中间就隔着两家。
    e.g. Several blue plastic boxes under the window were filled with record albums...
           窗下的几个蓝色塑料盒里装满了唱片。