midget

英 [ˈmɪdʒɪt]

美 [ˈmɪdʒɪt]

n.  侏儒; 矮人; 小矮子; 小东西(指人或动物)
adj.  极小的

复数：midgets　

GRETEM8

BNC.23081 / COCA.17846

牛津词典

noun

• 侏儒；矮人
  an extremely small person, who will never grow to a normal size because of a physical problem; a person suffering from dwarfism
• 小矮子；小东西（指人或动物）
  a very small person or animal

adj.

• 极小的
  very small

柯林斯词典

• 侏儒；矮子；矬子
  People who are very short are sometimes referred to asmidgets.
• ADJ 微型的;非常小的
  Midgetis used to describe something which is very small.
  1. ...midget submarines.
     微型潜艇

英英释义

noun

• a person who is markedly small
  Synonym:dwarfnanus

adj

• very small
  1. diminutive in stature
  2. a lilliputian chest of drawers
  3. her petite figure
  4. tiny feet
  5. the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy
  Synonym:bantamdiminutivelilliputianpetitetinyflyspeck

双语例句

• This boy, still midget but already diffident with a kind of rangy ease, is the best of the six.
  这个男孩是那六个中打得最棒的，他个头虽然不高，但瘦长的四肢已使他羞怯中显出几分自如。
• The new man could be a midget on life support or Arnold Schwarzenegger and it really wouldn't make a difference to jealousy levels.
  新男伴也许既没有多大的能力养家糊口，也不像阿诺德•斯瓦辛格那样身强体健，但这种嫉妒心确实和身高已经联系不起来。
• Why would they need a midget?
  为什么他们需要一个侏儒？
• Such a midget she looked in her long skirt and maid's cap, though she had sworn, when engaged, that she would never see ten again.
  莉莎穿着长裙，戴着女佣人的布帽，显得那么矮小，虽说开始雇用的时候，她一口咬定她早就过十岁了。
• What if I were a midget with glasses?
  如果我是个戴眼睛的侏儒呢？
• Midget words and acronyms are widely used in headlines;
  标题中大量使用简短小词和缩略词；
• Don't you know she's a midget?
  你不知道她是哈比族吗？
• And I'm in a basement looking for a dead midget.
  现在却跑到地下室来找一个死侏儒。
• This paper presented a bridgecollisionavoidance system using a midget civil radar.
  提出一种由小型民用雷达实现的桥梁防撞系统。
• Shorter than a midget's arse, aren't I?
  我的个子还不到侏儒的屁股，不是吗？