diminutive
diminutive 英 [dɪˈmɪnjətɪv] 美 [dɪˈmɪnjətɪv]
adj. 小的，小型的，微小的 n. 爱称；指小词；身材极小的人
名词复数:diminutives
- Diminutive means small. A diminutive person is short and small. A diminutive word is a "cute" version of a word or name: for example, "duckling" is a diminutive of "duck" and Billy is a diminutive form of the name William.
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- adj. 小的，小型的，微小的
- n. 爱称；指小词；身材极小的人
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1. All fifteen boys pick up their textbooks and thump their diminutive desks as they yell out each letter in unison.
十五个男孩都拿起他们的课本，边敲着小课桌，边整齐大声地读出每一个字母。
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2. The diminutive star of Breakfast at Tiffany's was chosen by beauty and fashion editors, make-up artists, model agencies and photographers.
这个影片《第凡内早餐》中的小角色被美容和时尚编辑、化妆大师、模特经纪人和摄影师们选中。
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3. They stuffed the stove in the basement of the Houses of Parliament full of this diminutive lumber and went home from work at the end of the day.
他们在英国议会大厦的地下室的火炉中塞满了这种小型木柴，然后在最后一天的时候回家了。
- diminutive (adj.) in grammar, late 14c. (also as a noun, "derivative word denoting a small or inferior example of what is meant by the word it is derived from"), from Old French diminutif (14c.), from Latin diminutivus, earlier deminutivus, from past participle stem of deminuere (see diminish).
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