Diminutive
[dɪ'mɪnjʊtɪv] or [dɪ'mɪnjətɪv]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness.
霍奇編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Below the average size; very small; little.
(a.) Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.
(a.) Tending to diminish.
(n.) Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.
(n.) A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin.
整理:佩吉
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Little, small, dwarfish, tiny, puny, pygmean, contracted, minute, of small size.
卡特編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
[See DIMINISH_and_SMALL]
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例句/造句/用法:
- Diminutive, whispered Miss Flite, making a variety of motions about her own forehead to express intellect in Charley. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The queen, giving great allowance for my defectiveness in speaking, was, however, surprised at so much wit and good sense in so diminutive an animal. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Yes; they had all given their nosegays, from the eldest to the youngest, from the tallest to the most diminutive. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- She was rather diminutive altogether. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- A small cupboard held a diminutive but commodious set of earthenware. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Don't mention it to our diminutive friend when she comes in. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The name, made more odious by its diminutive, obtruded itself on Lily's thoughts like a leer. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- I believe I have a little diminutive note somewhere; yes, here it is. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Oliver Twist's ninth birthday found him a pale thin child, somewhat diminutive in stature, and decidedly small in circumference. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
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