- n. 矮子；畸形矮小的动物；无足轻重的人；俾格米人
- a. 矮小的；俾格米人的
名复: pygmies
pygmy
KK:[ˈpɪɡmɪ] DJ:[ˈpiɡmi]
n.[C]
- 矮子，侏儒
- 畸形矮小的动物（或植物）
- 无足轻重的人（或物）
- （大写）俾格米人（一种身高不满五英尺的矮小人种）
- （古代历史和传说中的）矮人
a.[Z]
- 矮小的；极小的，微不足道的
- （大写）俾格米人的
辨析
以上来源于：《英汉大辞典》
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’.
以上来源于：《简明牛津英语词典》
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