quite few与quite a few的用法与正误

问题描述

在阅读中见过 quite a few，如：

He speaks quite a few languages. 他会说好几种语言。

I have quite a few books on art. 我有不少关于艺术的书。

We still have quite a few miles to go. 我们还要走相当多英里的路。

但是，好像没怎么见过 quite few 的用法。请问英语可以说 quite few 吗？如果可以说它是“相当少”的意思吗？谢谢老师解答！

老师答疑

黎老师：

quite a few = a good few 表示“好些”、“相当多”。但是，“很少”、“相当少”是 very few 或者 a  very few，我在很多词典中还没有查到含有 quite few 的例句。