diminutive

[US]/dɪ'mɪnjʊtɪv/
[UK]/dɪ'mɪnjətɪv/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 小得出奇的,特小的
adv. 特小地,小型地
n. 微小暱稱,愛稱
Word Forms

Example Sentences

a diminutive figure dressed in black.

身着黑衣的微小身影。

She has diminutive hands for an adult.

作爲一個成年人,她的手顯得非常小。

Despite its diminutive size, the car is quite comfortable.

儘管這輛車很小,但相當舒服。

She is a diminutive woman with a big personality.

她是一個個子矮小但性格強烈的女人。

The diminutive kitten curled up in a cozy corner.

小小的小貓蜷縮在舒適的角落裏。

He has a diminutive stature but a powerful presence.

他身材矮小但氣場強大。

The diminutive car was surprisingly spacious inside.

這輛小巧的汽車內部空間出奇的寬敞。

She wore a diminutive necklace that sparkled in the light.

她戴着一條在光線下閃閃發光的小巧項鍊。

The diminutive actor stole the show with his incredible performance.

這位個子矮小的演員憑藉出色的表演搶盡風頭。

The diminutive flower added a touch of color to the garden.

這朵小小的花爲花園增添了一抹色彩。

Despite her diminutive size, she was a fierce competitor.

儘管個子矮小,她是一位兇猛的競爭者。

The diminutive puppy wagged its tail excitedly.

小小的小狗興奮地搖着尾巴。

He played a diminutive role in the company but had big ambitions.

他在公司扮演着一個小小的角色,但有着宏大的抱負。

Real-world Examples

He couldn't help admiring the trim appearance and bold manner of this diminutive seafaring character.

但不久就被這個小水手漂亮的水手服和航海家般的勇敢氣質所打動了。

Source: Stuart Little

Not for tens of millions of years has life on Earth been so diminutive and tame.

可是,在過去的數千萬年的時間裏,地球上的生命從來不像今天那樣靛乏和溫順。

Source: A Brief History of Everything

Being bigger helps them move from one habitat patch to another more easily than their diminutive relatives.

體型較大的動物在棲息地斑塊之間遷移時,比其體型小的親戚要容易得多。

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American January 2019 Collection

It isn't even actually known that she was a female. Her sex is merely presumed from her diminutive size.

事實上,連她是不是一位女性我們也不知道,她的性別也僅僅是根據她身材較小而推論出來的。

Source: A Brief History of Everything

The longer spelling – l-e-t-t-e – only forms a diminutive in a few English words, like novelette, a short novel.

較長的拼寫 l-e-t-t-e 只在一些英語單詞中構成小量化詞,如novelette,中篇小說。

Source: Advanced Daily Grammar

And so this disease took on a diminutive moniker that belied the scale of its wretchedness: smallpox.

因此,這種疾病有了一個與其悲慘程度不符的小小綽號:小痘皰。

Source: The Atlantic Monthly (Article Edition)

Anika The girl's name Anika is the diminutive form of Anna, which comes from the Hebrew name for " grace."

安妮卡女孩的名字安妮卡是安娜的縮略形式,它來自希伯來語的名字“恩典”。

Source: The importance of English names.

Don't let the diminutive title fool you.

不要讓小標題欺騙了你。

Source: Selected English short passages

The offline world offers other moments of diminutive drama.

線下世界提供了其他的小戲劇時刻。

Source: Economist Business

She had slipped effortlessly into addressing him by an affectionate diminutive.

她毫不費力地用親切的小號稱呼他。

Source: The Three-Body Problem I

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