pygmy

英 [ˈpɪɡmi]

美 [ˈpɪɡmi]

n.  俾格米人(生活于非洲和东南亚部分地区，身材矮小); 矮小的人(或物); 侏儒; 弱小者
adj.  (比同类动植物)小得多的，矮小的，微小的

复数：pygmies　

GRE

BNC.23598 / COCA.22886

牛津词典

noun

• 俾格米人（生活于非洲和东南亚部分地区，身材矮小）
  a member of a race of very short people living in parts of Africa and SE Asia
• 矮小的人（或物）；侏儒；弱小者
  a very small person or thing or one that is weak in some way
  1. He regarded them as intellectual pygmies.
     他把他们视为知识上的侏儒。

adj.

• （比同类动植物）小得多的，矮小的，微小的
  used to describe a plant or species (= type) of animal that is much smaller than other similar kinds
  1. a pygmy shrew
     倭鼩鼱

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 特别矮小的
  Pygmymeans belonging to a species of animal which is the smallest of a group of related species.
  1. Reaching a maximum height of 56cm the pygmy goat is essentially a pet.
     因为最高仅为56厘米，这种矮种山羊基本上作为宠物来养。
• N-COUNT 俾格米人（非洲和东南亚的一种矮小人种）
  Apygmyis a member of a group of very short people who live in Africa or southeast Asia.
  1. ...the pygmy tribes of Papua New Guinea.
     巴布亚新几内亚的俾格米人部落

英英释义

noun

• an unusually small individual
  Synonym:pigmy

双语例句

• Until now, babbling had been observed only in humans and a few primates, such as pygmy marmosets.
  到目前为止牙牙学语只在人类和一些灵长类动物中发现过。
• Studies on the extracting technology of flavones from Pygmy Waterlily leaves and their antibacterial activity
  睡莲叶黄酮的提取及其抑菌活性研究
• A Pan-African Music Festival is criticized for housing pygmy musicians in a tent in Brazzaville zoo.
  平锅-洲的音乐节日因在布拉札维动物园的一个帐篷中收容微小的音乐家受到批评。
• The pygmy marmoset or dwarf monkey or finger monkey is a New World monkey native to the rainforest canopies of western Brazil.
  这种非常小的小矮猴或手指猴原产地在巴西西部的雨林地带。
• He's a pygmy compared with you.
  和你相比他就算是个侏儒了。
• Acceleration is about the same for both these pygmy show ponies, around 9.1 seconds to 60 mph.
  这两匹侏儒秀中的矮马在加速性能上也基本一致，0到60英里（约96公里）时速的加速时间大约为9.1秒。
• Contrary to the expectations of many, the researchers also found that two high-profile species, the gorilla and the pygmy chimpanzee, or bonobo, should be downgraded to a lower level of threat.
  与很多人的预料相反，研究人员还发现，两个备受关注的物种，大猩猩和侏儒黑猩猩（又名倭黑猩猩）应该降低其受威胁的级别。
• He's a pygmy when compared with great musicians.
  他和伟大的音乐家相比就成了侏儒。
• One year old pygmy goat, Celebrity.
  一岁的矮脚羊，小明星。
• The genomes of contemporary pygmy and hunter gatherer tribes in Africa, for example, have roughly as many differences as do those of European modern humans and Neandertals.
  比如非洲的当代俾格米人和狩猎聚居部落的基因组的差异能赶上欧洲现代人和尼安德塔人的差异。