pygmy

[US]/'piɡmi/
[UK]/ˈpɪɡmi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 侏儒;微不足道的人
adj. 矮小的;俾格米人的
Word Forms
複數pygmies

Real-world Examples

Pygmy hogs are no bigger than rabbits.

姬豬的大小和兔子不相上下。

Source: BBC documentary "Our Planet"

They were long known as pygmies.

他們長期以來被稱爲俾格米人。

Source: Financial Times

Home to the pygmy three-toed sloth.

是侏三趾樹懶的棲息地。

Source: Earth's Pulse Season 2 (Original Soundtrack)

The pygmy hedgehog is the smallest of all hedgehogs.

小刺蝟是所有刺蝟中最小的。

Source: National Geographic (Children's Section)

We could fit the smallest monkey, the pygmy marmoset, on here.

我們可以把最小的猴子,侏儒狨猴,放在這裏。

Source: Reel Knowledge Scroll

There are only a few hundred pygmy sloths in existence.

這座島上只有幾百只雌性侏三指樹懶。

Source: Earth's Pulse Season 2 (Original Soundtrack)

And this pygmy elephant will grow to be nearly three metres tall.

而這頭侏儒象將長到3米高。

Source: The secrets of our planet.

And though it's taken a while, pygmy goat Pipsqueak is fitting right in.

雖然耗費了一些時間,但矮腳羊Pipsqueak終於融入了它們。

Source: Growing Up with Cute Pets

Pygmy hogs were thought to have died out in the 1960s.

人們認爲,侏儒豬在20世紀60年代就已經滅絕了。

Source: VOA Special English: World

Keeping the pygmy hogs and the breeding centers secure is especially important now, Deka said.

德卡說,保護侏儒豬和繁殖中心的安全現在尤爲重要。

Source: VOA Special English: World

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