diminutive
小型的
常用释义
英音[ dɪˈmɪnjətɪv ]
美音[ dɪˈmɪnjətɪv ]
变形
复数:
diminutives
比较级:
more diminutive
最高级:
most diminutive
基本释义
- adj. 小的，小型的，微小的
- n. 爱称；指小词；身材极小的人
例句
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1·Her eyes scanned the room until they came to rest on a diminutive figure standing at the entrance.她的目光扫视着房间，最后停留在一个站在入口的小小的身影上。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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2·'Nick' is a common diminutive of 'Nicholas'.Nick是Nicholas的常用简称。来源: 《牛津词典》
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3·She was a diminutive figure beside her husband.她同丈夫比起来就像个小人。来源: 《牛津词典》
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4·She was diminutive and dirty.她又矮小又脏。
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5·Russia's atrocities in Chechnya go back to the 19th century, when the diminutive but oil-rich region was annexed to the Czarist Empire after a bloody campaign of colonization.俄罗斯在车臣的暴行可以追溯到19世纪，在一场血腥的殖民运动之后，这个面积小但石油丰富的地区被并入了沙皇帝国。
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6·Immediately, a diminutive gentleman picked it up and read it.一个个头极小的先生立即捡起来看了一遍。
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7·The women of the south are diminutive, subservient and very polite.南方的妇女娇小可爱，毕恭毕敬，很有礼貌。
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8·Not all is lost for diminutive, physically feeble leaders, however.但体格瘦弱的人也不是无望成为领导者。
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9·I could list a great number of these one-sided diminutive romances.我能列出一长串这种一厢情愿的小浪漫。
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10·For Dallas, the diminutive J. J. Barea, who is 6-feet, has arisen as a key cog.达拉斯这边，巴里亚这个只有6尺高的小个子已经俨然成为球队的关键一环。
同根词
词根：
diminution
diminution
n
减少，降低；缩小