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词汇 teeny
释义 teeny
adjective
 informaluk /ˈtiː.ni/ us /ˈtiː.ni/(alsoteeny-weeny)
very small: 很小的,小小的
Just a teeny slice of cake for me, please.请给我来一小块蛋糕就行。
Synonyms
diminutive
dinkyinformal
exiguousformal
infinitesimalformal
itsy-bitsyhumorous
little(SMALL)
microscopicinformalhumorous
midget
mini-
miniature
minute
small(LITTLE)
teensyinformal
weeScottish English or informal
weenyUKinformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

not great in size, amount, etc.
smallI live in a small town.
littleShe's a good little girl.
a littleI just want a little ice cream.
a little (bit)I was a little bit upset that she ate the last piece of cake.
tinyHis body was covered in tiny red spots.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Extremely small
atomized
be knee-high to a grasshopperidiom
bitsy
exiguity
exiguous
imperceptible
indiscernibly
infinitesimal
infinitesimally
irreducible
irreducibly
miniature
minuscule
slimly
slimness
subatomic
ultra-tiny
vanishingly
weeny
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teeny | American Dictionary


teeny
adjective[ -er/-est only ]
 infmlus/ˈti·ni/
small or little:
a teeny baby
I can’t help thinking you’re a teeny bit jealous.

Examples of teeny


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But young children, the teeny-weenies, cannot read the word "poison" or understand what a skull and cross bones might signify.
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I know a teeny bit about this industry.
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But we have not moved even a teeny weeny bit.
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It is a teeny weeny step in that direction.
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Be it teeny weeny or itsy bitsy, what will be the result?
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That is a railway system that is only a teeny-weeny bit pregnant.
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I know well enough the argument that corrosive substances should be put where teeny-weenies cannot get hold of them.
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I thought that we should have a teeny bit of politics today, just before dinner.
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There is general dismay that this teeny-weeny, miserable, £6,000 is being saved at the expense of closing down this body.
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In fact, the elements of freedom are so small that they might be described as itsy-bitsy bits—itsy-bitsy and teeny-weeny.
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He does not notice that, as it is put, teeny-weeny concessions are made here and there.
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In the car it was a teeny bit different.
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It is only at a later stage that he adds up the various teeny-weeny concessions and begins to notice that there has not been strong control of expenditure.
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The teeny-smoker trade is worth a cool £700 million per year to the tobacco barons, but there were just 29 prosecutions in 1988, none of which achieved the maximum fine of £400.
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And you still get the comic humiliations, nasty rivalries and teeny bikinis.
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