runt

FREQ #15836

n. 小种牛, 小家畜, 大种家鸽

发音

US /ɹʌnt/
UK /ɹʌnt/
其它 /ɹʊnt/

词形变化

runts 复数 runts

别名

ront

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The smallest animal of a litter.

  2. 2.

    The smallest child in the family.

    引申义

    the runt of the family

  3. 3.

    Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person.

  4. 4.

    An uninfluential or unimportant person; a nobody.

    俚语
  5. 5.

    An Ethernet packet that does not meet the medium's minimum packet size of 64 bytes.

    计算机 工程 数学
  6. 6.

    A single word (or portion of a hyphenated word) that appears as the last line of a paragraph.

    媒体 印刷
  7. 7.

    A breed of pigeon related to the carrier pigeon.

  8. 8.

    A hardened stem or stalk of a plant.

    英国 方言 废旧
  9. 9.

    A bow.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

shrimp pee-wee half-pint

相关短语

runt disease runt of the litter kale runt

词源

The OED classifies this word as "of obscure origin". Some see a connection to Middle Dutch runt (“ox”), but the OED considers this to be unlikely. Possibly connected to Icelandic hrotti meaning "brute".

来源：wiktionary