runt
runt 英 [rʌnt] 美 [rʌnt]
n. 小家畜；家鸽之一种；小牛
名词复数:runts
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- n. 小家畜；家鸽之一种；小牛
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1. "I want that one," the little boy said, pointing to the runt.
“我想要那一只，”小男孩指着那只弱小的狗崽说。
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2. In fact, he seemed to be a runt, but sometimes the men who seemed like runts ended up having surprising connections to other terrorists.
实际上，他似乎是一个不起眼的小人物，但难以置信的是有时这种人很可能和其他恐怖分子联系在一起。
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3. Mars’s rapid formation might help explain why it is so small –the runt of the planetary litter among inner worlds in our solar system –say the study’s co-authors.
这次研究的合作者说，火星的迅速形成可以解释为什么它的体积那么小的原因，可以说它是我们太阳系内的侏儒行星了。
- runt (n.) c. 1500, "old or decayed tree stump," of unknown origin. Meaning extended to "small ox or cow" (1540s) and by 1610s generally to undersized animals and people. Specific American English sense of "smallest of a litter" (especially of pigs) is attested from 1841. Some see a connection to Middle Dutch runt "ox," but OED thinks this unlikely, and pronounces the word "of obscure origin." Related: Runty (1807).
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