双语例句
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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。
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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。
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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。
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'Nick' is a common diminutive of 'Nicholas'.
Nick是Nicholas的常用简称。
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She was a diminutive figure beside her husband.
她同丈夫比起来就像个小人。
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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。
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She was diminutive and dirty.
她又矮小又脏。
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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.
tinylittlesmallmicrominute
同根词
百科
释义
adj.
extremely or unusually small
极小的，非常小的
(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］。
n.
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）
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）."