a member of certain peoples of very short stature in equatorial Africa and parts of SE Asia
俾格米人(赤道非洲及东南亚部分地区身材矮小的民族)。
〈主贬〉 特别矮小的人(或动物、东西)。
[usu. with adj.]an insignificant person, especially one who is deficient in a particular respect
无足轻重的人(尤指某方面缺乏者)
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he regarded them as intellectual pigmies .他认为他们是智能上的矮子。
(of a person or thing)very small
(人,物)极小的。
used in names of animals and plants that are much smaller than more typical kinds, e.g.
[用于比典型种类小得多的动物和植物名称中,如 pygmy shrew, pygmy water lily]。
"late Middle English (originally in the plural, denoting a mythological race of small people): via Latin from Greek