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. 微小昵称,爱称
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.

作为一个成年人,她的手显得非常小。

Despite its diminutive size, the car is quite comfortable.

尽管这辆车很小,但相当舒服。

She is a diminutive woman with a big personality.

她是一个个子矮小但性格强烈的女人。

The diminutive kitten curled up in a cozy corner.

小小的小猫蜷缩在舒适的角落里。

He has a diminutive stature but a powerful presence.

他身材矮小但气场强大。

The diminutive car was surprisingly spacious inside.

这辆小巧的汽车内部空间出奇的宽敞。

She wore a diminutive necklace that sparkled in the light.

她戴着一条在光线下闪闪发光的小巧项链。

The diminutive actor stole the show with his incredible performance.

这位个子矮小的演员凭借出色的表演抢尽风头。

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

这朵小小的花为花园增添了一抹色彩。

Despite her diminutive size, she was a fierce competitor.

尽管个子矮小,她是一位凶猛的竞争者。

The diminutive puppy wagged its tail excitedly.

小小的小狗兴奋地摇着尾巴。

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

他在公司扮演着一个小小的角色,但有着宏大的抱负。

Real-world Examples

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

但不久就被这个小水手漂亮的水手服和航海家般的勇敢气质所打动了。

Source: Stuart Little

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

可是,在过去的数千万年的时间里,地球上的生命从来不像今天那样靛乏和温顺。

Source: A Brief History of Everything

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

体型较大的动物在栖息地斑块之间迁移时,比其体型小的亲戚要容易得多。

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.

事实上,连她是不是一位女性我们也不知道,她的性别也仅仅是根据她身材较小而推论出来的。

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.

较长的拼写 l-e-t-t-e 只在一些英语单词中构成小量化词,如novelette,中篇小说。

Source: Advanced Daily Grammar

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

因此,这种疾病有了一个与其悲惨程度不符的小小绰号:小痘疱。

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缩略形式,它来自希伯来语的名字“恩典”。

Source: The importance of English names.

Don't let the diminutive title fool you.

不要让小标题欺骗了你。

Source: Selected English short passages

The offline world offers other moments of diminutive drama.

线下世界提供了其他的小戏剧时刻。

Source: Economist Business

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

她毫不费力地用亲切的小号称呼他。

Source: The Three-Body Problem I

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