lilliputian

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˌlɪlɪˈpjuʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A very small person or being.
    — I reflected what a Mortification it muſt prove to me to appear as inconſiderable in this Nation as one ſingle Lilliputian would be among us.
  2. A fruit fly gene that, when mutated, makes cells abnormally small. See AFF2.
形容词 adj.
  1. Very small, diminutive
    — —O'er the expanse Of glittering waters glides the snowy sail;— The lilliputian boat by infants mann'd, Steers amid fairy islets, circles round The indented shore,—...
  2. Trivial, petty

词形变化

lilliputians plural Lilliputian alternative more lilliputian comparative most lilliputian superlative Lilliputian alternative

词汇关系

反义词
Brobdingnagian
衍生词
lilliputianism lilliputianize Lilliputianly Lilliputian vision NanoPutian
相关词
lilliput tiddler munchkin

词源

词源 1
From the name of a fictional island called Lilliput in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.
词源 2
From the name of a fictional island called Lilliput in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.
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