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lilliputian

lilliputian基本解释

adj.极小的;小人国的;气量小的

n.小人国的人;侏儒

lilliputian同义词

lilliputian英英释义

Noun:
  • a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)

  • a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift

Adjective:
  • tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput;

    "the Lilliputian population"

  • very small;

    "diminutive in stature"
    "a lilliputian chest of drawers"
    "her petite figure"
    "tiny feet"
    "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

  • (informal) small and of little importance;

    "a fiddling sum of money"
    "a footling gesture"
    "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"
    "a little (or small) matter"
    "a dispute over niggling details"
    "limited to petty enterprises"
    "piffling efforts"
    "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"