名複: pygmies
pygmy



KK:[ˈpɪɡmɪ] DJ:[ˈpiɡmi]
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)
- (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
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:
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》