bantam
bantam 英 [ˈbæntəm] 美 [ˈbæntəm]
n. 矮脚鸡 adj. 短小精悍的；有攻击性的
名词复数:bantams
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- n. 矮脚鸡
- adj. 短小精悍的；有攻击性的
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1. You may not have heard of Bertelsmann A.G. but you will have heard of the books published by its many subsidiaries, including Random House, bantam Books and Doubleday.
你也许没有听说过贝塔斯曼集团，但你肯定听说过它的众多子公司出版的书籍，包括兰登书屋，矮脚鸡出版社和双日出版社。
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2. The present day chickens are larger and more productive than the ancestral Red Jungle Fowl with four basic types: 1) egg type, or Mediterranean; (2) game; (3) meat type; and (4) bantam.
现在鸡的品种比祖传红原鸡体积要大并更具生产力，有四个基本类型：1）蛋鸡型或地中海型；（2）狩猎型；（3）肉用型及（4）矮脚型。
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3. Most small people who take themselves seriously are a little ridiculous; but the bantam cock is respected in the barnyard, and so it was with Gerald.
凡是自己以为了不起的矮人，那模样大都是有点可笑的；可是一只矮脚的公鸡在场地上却备受尊敬，杰拉尔德也就是这样。
- bantam (n.) 1749, after Bantam, former Dutch residency in Java, from which the small domestic fowl were said to have been first imported. Extension to "small person" is 1837. As a light weight class in boxing, it is attested from 1884, probably from the birds, which are small but aggressive and bred for fighting.
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