belittle

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /bɪˈlɪt.əl/    美 /bɪˈlɪt.əl/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To knowingly say that (someone or something) is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation. ambitransitive
    — Don't belittle your colleagues.
  2. To make small. transitive
    — Now, the big blue space of river and sky belittled him, ulled him back into bewildered childhood.

词形变化

belittles present,singular,third-person belittling participle,present belittled participle,past belittled past

词汇关系

衍生词
belittled belittlement belittler belittling unbelittled

词源

From be- + little. Coined by Thomas Jefferson in 1782.
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