Pygmy
['pɪɡmi]
解释:
(noun.) any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet.
(noun.) an unusually small individual.
编辑:沃尔夫冈--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Alt. of Pygmean
(n.) One of a fabulous race of dwarfs who waged war with the cranes, and were destroyed.
(n.) Hence, a short, insignificant person; a dwarf.
编辑:弗吉尼亚
同义词及近义词:
n. Dwarf, hop o' my thumb.
a. Dwarfish, PYGMEAN.
整理:凯蒂
解释:
n. one of a fabulous dwarfish race of antiquity: a dwarf: any diminutive thing: one of several pygmy races in equatorial Africa and elsewhere: one of the ancient diminutive dwellers in underground houses &c. in whom David MacRitchie sees the historical originals of the fairies and elves of folklore.—adj. resembling a pygmy: very small.—adj. Pygmē′an dwarfish: diminutive.
校对:西蒙