diminutive
/di'minjutiv/
★☆☆☆☆托福英语词汇
📖 中文释义
- a. 小的, 小型的, 指小的
- n. 身材极小的人, 指小词, 爱称
🔗 释义中的汉语词
🧩 词形变化
💬 双语例句
For Argentineans, the diminutive Diego Maradona represented the revenge of the weak and the deprived. As a result, his countrymen excused his frequent bad behavior time and again.
足球总是这样。 对于阿根廷人而言,身材矮小的马拉多纳代表了弱小者和受压迫的人的复仇。 结果,他的同胞们不断原谅他时常作出的不轨行为。 同样,贝利则成为和谐、种族融洽的巴西的象征。
Roth had spent the morning watching television, and, like many Americans, he had seen the stupefying images of the fussing, overgrown baby who, with diminutive fists raised, insulted the US establishment, the American people, and the world.
罗斯上午会看电视,和很多美国人一样,他看到了令人震惊的乱象,各种“巨婴”挥舞着小拳头抨击美国建制、美国人民和世界。
The diminutive border guard looked into my eyes, smiled warmly, and asked where I was from. Likewise, lined-up workers at one of the factories responded to my gesticulations with waves and smiles as we passed them.
朝鲜人似乎与我们一样渴望联系,因为他们尽可能地试图与我们互动。 身材矮小的边境卫兵注视着我,露出温暖的微笑,问我从哪里来。 类似地,在一家工厂排成队形的工人们对路过的我所打出的手势报以挥手和微笑。
🔵 同义词
🔗 常用搭配
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- n. a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness