diminutive

英 [dɪˈmɪnjətɪv]

美 [dɪˈmɪnjətɪv]

adj.  极小的; 特小的; 微小的
n.  指小词，指小词缀(如piglet小猪，kitchenette小厨房); (单词，尤指名字的)非正式缩略形式

复数：diminutives　

TOEFL

Collins.1 / BNC.18491 / COCA.14330

牛津词典

adj.

• 极小的；特小的；微小的
  very small
  1. She was a diminutive figure beside her husband.
     她同丈夫比起来就像个小人。

noun

• 指小词，指小词缀（如piglet小猪，kitchenette小厨房）
  a word or an ending of a word that shows that sb/sth is small, for example piglet (= a young pig) , kitchenette (= a small kitchen)
• （单词，尤指名字的）非正式缩略形式
  a short informal form of a word, especially a name
  1. ‘Nick’ is a common diminutive of ‘Nicholas’.
     Nick是Nicholas的常用简称。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 很小的;微小的
  Adiminutiveperson or object is very small.
  1. She noticed a diminutive figure standing at the entrance.
     她注意到入口处站着一个小小的身影。
• 昵称;爱称
  Adiminutiveis an informal form of a name. For example, 'Jim' and 'Jimmy' are diminutives of 'James'.
• 指小词缀(表示亲昵或某东西很小的后缀，如 -ie 和 -ette)
  Adiminutiveis a suffix which is added to a word to show affection or to indicate that something is small. For example, '-ie' and '-ette' are diminutives, for example in 'doggie' and 'statuette'.

英英释义

noun

• a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness

adj

• very small
  1. diminutive in stature
  2. a lilliputian chest of drawers
  3. her petite figure
  4. tiny feet
  5. the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy
  Synonym:bantamlilliputianmidgetpetitetinyflyspeck

双语例句

• The group's diminutive founder, Jack Ma, smiles that business is "pretty good".
  阿里巴巴集团的创立者马云，五短身材，笑言生意“还不错”。
• It was diminutive in size, but it opened the door to a greatly increased flow of visitors.
  机场规模虽然不大，但却为大量涌入的游客打开了方便之门。
• Belgium and Uruguay are two diminutive countries that have maximized their advantages through inclusiveness, and of which Brazil, Argentina, Spain and Germany the quartet of forerunners for this year's title will rightly be wary.
  比利时和乌拉圭这两个袖珍之国因为包容性最大限度地增强了自己的实力，巴西、阿根廷、西班牙和德国这四个本届杯赛的夺冠大热门肯定会对他们特别小心。
• Space without greatness loses diminutive, and Time without past loses future.
  空间没有大失去小，时间没有过去失去未来。
• The needlelike leaves of the giant redwood tree are diminutive, each scarcely a quarter of an inch long.
  巨大的红木有着很小的针叶，每片长度不足四分之一英寸。
• Immediately, a diminutive gentleman picked it up and read it.
  一个个头极小的先生立即捡起来看了一遍。
• She noticed a diminutive figure standing at the entrance.
  她注意到入口处站着一个小小的身影。
• Problems existing in medium-sized and diminutive family enterprises were analyzed, it is a chronic illness in these enterprises that familiars are only used as managers.
  分析了中小型家族企业的问题，任人唯亲是家族企业存在的一个痼疾。
• Any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails.
  多种小型啮齿动物，特征象小老鼠，有突出的嘴、小耳朵、细长的身体和通常无毛的尾巴。
• Autofluorescence imaging of a diminutive, depressed-type early colon cancer invaded to the submucosal layer.
  小的凹陷性的侵入粘膜下层的早期结肠癌的自体荧光图像。