diminutive是什么意思_diminutive的用法_词性_词根

双语例句

This diminutive woman raised two children on her own.

这个矮小的妇女独自养育了两个孩子。
Every diminutive success and progress you make add to your experience of success in the future.

你每一点微小的成绩和进步都为你日后的成功积累了经验。
It is impolite to call someone's diminutive on formal occasion.

在正式场合称呼别人的昵称是不礼貌的。
'Nick' is a common diminutive of 'Nicholas'.

Nick是Nicholas的常用简称。
She was a diminutive figure beside her husband.

她同丈夫比起来就像个小人。
Her eyes scanned the room until they came to rest on a diminutive figure standing at the entrance.

她的目光扫视着房间，最后停留在一个站在入口的小小的身影上。
She was diminutive and dirty.

她又矮小又脏。
The women of the south are diminutive, subservient and very polite.

南方的妇女娇小可爱，毕恭毕敬，很有礼貌。

近义词

adj.

hypocorism

同根词

词根 diminution

diminution n. 减少，降低；缩小

百科

diminutive是英语单词。

释义

adj.

extremely or unusually small

极小的，非常小的

a diminutive figure dressed in black.

身着黑衣的微小身影。

(of a word, name, or suffix)implying smallness, either actual or imputed in token of affection, scorn, etc. (e.g. teeny, -let, -kins)

［用于词语、名称、后缀中，表示“小的（指实际尺寸或用来表示喜爱或嘲笑等”，如teeny, -let, -kins］。

a smaller or shorter thing, in particular

更小（或更矮）的物体，尤指：

a diminutive word or suffix

小词；小词缀。

a shortened form of a name, typically used informally

简称（多用于非正式场合）

‘Nick' is a diminutive of ‘Nicholas’.

“尼克”是“尼古拉斯”的简称。

Heraldry a charge of the same form as an ordinary but of lesser size or width

【纹章】（与普通纹章相比，尺寸、宽度较小的）纹章。

词源

"late Middle English （as a grammatical term）： from Old French diminutif, -ive, from late Latin diminutivus, from Latin deminut- ‘diminished', from the verb deminuere （see DIMINISH）."