lilliputian

英 美
  • adj. 极小的；小人国的；气量小的
  • n. 小人国的人；侏儒
  • lill v.(使)垂下
  • lille n.里尔(法国北部城市；之前写作Lisle)
  • lillian n.莉莲(女子名）
  • lilliput n.小人国

详细释义

Noun:
  1. a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)

  2. a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift

Adjective:
  1. tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput;

    "the Lilliputian population"

  2. very small;

    "diminutive in stature"
    "a lilliputian chest of drawers"
    "her petite figure"
    "tiny feet"
    "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

  3. (informal) small and of little importance;

    "a fiddling sum of money"
    "a footling gesture"
    "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"
    "a little (or small) matter"
    "a dispute over niggling details"
    "limited to petty enterprises"
    "piffling efforts"
    "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

双语例句

1. Several other little - known worlds are tucked into corners of this Lilliputian state.
另外还有几处不大为人所知的天地隐藏在这个“小人国”州的角落里.

来自辞典例句

2. A relentless Globo Gym attack led by their Lilliputian leader, White Goodman.
无情的全球健身中心队在他们侏儒领袖怀特古德曼领导下进攻.

来自电影对白

3. In late January a Brobdingnagian battle erupted over a Lilliputian water dweller.
1月底,一种小小的水栖生物掀起了一场大战.

来自互联网

4. Lithographic tools for transferring Lilliputian circuitry onto a wafer cost up to $ 50 m a pop.
流行的用来移动微小电路到晶圆上的印刷工具价值5千万美元.

来自互联网

5. But the Lilliputian price also explains why Fannie Mae might have buy - and - hold types feeling queasy.
但是其股价如此低靡,也同样可以解释为什麽人们厌恶于 长期 持有房利美的股票.

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