Dreye權威釋義

n.[C]

矮子，侏儒
畸形矮小的動物（或植物）
無足輕重的人（或物）
（大寫）俾格米人（一種身高不滿五英尺的矮小人種）
the pygmies of the Amazon jungle
亞馬遜叢林的矮人
（古代歷史和傳說中的）矮人

a.[Z]

矮小的；極小的，微不足道的
（大寫）俾格米人的

辨析

同義:

n.侏儒

dwarf midget

反義:

a.「侏儒的；很小的」的反義字

giant huge gigantic enormous

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

n.

(pl. pygmies)

(Pygmy) a member of certain peoples of very short stature in equatorial Africa or parts of SE Asia.
chiefly derogatory a very small person or thing.
a person who is deficient in a particular respect:
an intellectual pygmy.

adj.

very small; dwarf.

Derivative

pygmean adj. (archaic).

Etymology

ME (orig. denoting a mythological race of small people): via L. from Gk pugmaios ‘dwarf’, from pugmē ‘the length measured from elbow to knuckles’.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》