lilliputian

发音

US /ˌlɪlɪˈpjuʃən/

词形变化

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别名

Lilliputian

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A very small person or being.

  2. 2.

    A fruit fly gene that, when mutated, makes cells abnormally small. See AFF2.

    生物 医学
adj.
  1. 1.

    Very small, diminutive

  2. 2.

    Trivial, petty

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

little tiny petty trivial petite fiddling diminutive bantam footling niggling

近义相关 3

little small unimportant

相关短语

Lilliputian vision

词源

From the name of a fictional island called Lilliput in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.

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