词汇 | pygmy |
释义 | pygmy adjective[ before noun ] (alsopigmy)uk /ˈpɪɡ.mi/ us /ˈpɪɡ.mi/ A pygmy animal or bird is one of a type that is smaller than animals or birds of that type usually are: (动物或鸟类)体型非常小的 a pygmy hippopotamus矮小的河马 a pygmy owl极小的猫头鹰 Small baby bijou bite-sized claustrophobically compactly dwarf midget miniaturized missy modest modestly no/not enough room to swing a catidiom on the large, small, etc. sideidiom sampler scaled-down scrubby shoe box shrunken skimpily wee pygmy noun[ C ] disapproving(alsopigmy)uk /ˈpɪɡ.mi/ us /ˈpɪɡ.mi/ someone who is not important or who has little skill: 无足轻重的人;没什么技能的人 a political pygmy在政治上无足轻重的小人物 an intellectual pygmy智力低下的人 People of little importance a cog in a/the machineidiom be past your sell-by dateidiom cannon fodder Cinderella inferior lightweight mediocrity minnow nothing pawn pipsqueak plaything poor poor relationidiom second-class citizen unknown waste waste of spaceidiom waster worm Pygmy noun[ C ] (alsoPigmy)uk /ˈpɪɡ.mi/ us /ˈpɪɡ.mi/ a member of one of several groups of very small people who live in Central Africa: (身材矮小的)俾格米人 Pygmies average about 1.5 metres in height.俾格米人平均身高大约为1.5米。 pygmy | American Dictionarypygmy adjective[ not gradable ] (alsopigmy)us/ˈpɪɡ·mi/ (of an animal or bird) one of a type which is smaller than animals or birds of that type usually are: a pygmy hippopotamus Pygmy noun[ C ] (alsoPigmy)us/ˈpɪɡ·mi/ a member of one of several groups of very small people who live in central Africa |
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