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词汇 diminutive
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diminutive

adjective
/dɪˈmɪnjətɪv/
/dɪˈmɪnjətɪv/
(formal)
  1. very small极小的;特小的;微小的
    • She was a diminutive figure beside her husband.她同丈夫比起来就像个侏儒。
    • He exercised frequently, trying to add strength to his diminutive body.他经常锻炼,试图给自己瘦小的身体增加力量。
    Collocations DictionaryDiminutive is used with these nouns:
    • size
    • stature
    词源late Middle English (as a grammatical term): from Old French diminutif, -ive, from late Latin diminutivus, from Latin deminut- ‘diminished’, from the verb deminuere, from minuere ‘make small’.

diminutive

noun
/dɪˈmɪnjətɪv/
/dɪˈmɪnjətɪv/
  1. a word or an ending of a word that shows that somebody/something is small, for example piglet (= a young pig), kitchenette (= a small kitchen)指小词,指小词缀(如 piglet 小猪,kitchenette 小厨房)
  2. a short informal form of a word, especially a name(单词,尤指名字的)非正式缩略形式
    • ‘Nick’ is a common diminutive of ‘Nicholas’.Nick 是 Nicholas 的常用简称。
  3. 词源late Middle English (as a grammatical term): from Old French diminutif, -ive, from late Latin diminutivus, from Latin deminut- ‘diminished’, from the verb deminuere, from minuere ‘make small’.
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