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lilliputian

美  英
adj.  极小的;小人国的;气量小的
n.  小人国的人;侏儒
  近义词:picayune,petty,bantam,footling,tiny,fiddling,niggling,petite,flyspeck,diminutive,trivial,little,piddling,midget,piffling,

英英释义

Noun
  1. a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
  2. a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
Adjective
  1. tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput;

    "the Lilliputian population"

  2. very small;

    "diminutive in stature" "a lilliputian chest of drawers" "her petite figure" "tiny feet" "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

  3. (informal) small and of little importance;

    "a fiddling sum of money" "a footling gesture" "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war" "a little (or small) matter" "a dispute over niggling details" "limited to petty enterprises" "piffling efforts" "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

例句

  1. My clapperclaw contain: Lilliputian! 我痛骂涵:小人!
  2. He on bended knees entreats: "Lilliputian is Chen Quan, ask grandpa pardon. 他便跪着请求道:“小人是陈全,请公公饶恕。”
  3. Yet her children are tiny!They're more than petite they're Lilliputian. 他们样子不光是可怜,简直就是小人国的人。
  4. Yet Lilliputian windmills, water mills, solar panels and biomass furnaces could have a big collective impact. 然而,小人国居民的风车、水轮机、太阳能电池板与生物材料燃炉都能为社区带来共同的好处。
  5. Several other little-known worlds are tucked into corners of this Lilliputian state. 另外还有几处不大为人所知的天地隐藏在这个“小人国”州的角落里。
  6. In late January a brobdingnagian battle erupted over a lilliputian water dweller. 1月底,一种小小的水栖生物掀起了一场大战。
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