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

• For a fraction of the cost of building eight large diesel submarines that Taiwan is also planning, it could produce a fleet of 42 midget submarines similar in size to craft that North Korea and Iran have, the report says.
  报告称台湾计划以比建造8艘大型柴油潜艇少的多的费用建造一只42艘迷你潜艇组成的编队，其大小与朝鲜和伊朗的类似。
• What child does not know the story of the brave sailor Gulliver as the travels through lands in which he is at turn both a giant and a midget?
  哪个孩子不知道勇敢的水手格列佛周游各地，一会儿变成巨人，一会儿又变成小小人儿的故事呢？
• 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。
• Why would they need a midget?
  为什么他们需要一个侏儒？
• 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。
• 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。
• Were you midget boy or yoda?
  你被叫过小侏儒或尤达吗？
• I don't know whether to look for a giant or a midget.
  我不知道现在该去找的是巨人还是侏儒。
• When you smoke cigarette you're likely to burn yourself to death; with chewing tobacco the worst thing you can do is drown a midget.
  当你抽烟之时，很可能烧死自己；如果是嚼烟，糟透了你也顶多是（用你的唾沫）淹死一个侏儒罢了。
• They suffer everything from accidental drug consumption and embarrassing public nudity to a brawling session with a midget, and more.
  他们有的因意外磕药而当众裸体出丑，有的和参加葬礼的侏儒争吵，还有很多其它匪夷所思的意外。