any of a number of birds with a call that resembles the word ‘peewee’ 叫声类似“皮威”的鸟 ■(Austral.). another term for magpie lark (澳)。 同 magpie lark ■(Scottish)the northern lapwing (苏格兰)北部的凤头麦鸡 ■(N. Amer.). variant spelling of pewee (北美)。 同 pewee
[usu. as modifier](N. Amer.)a level of amateur sport, involving children aged eight or nine (in the US) or twelve or thirteen (in Canada) (北美)小选手级别(业余运动的一个级别,在美国参加者为8或9岁的儿童,在加拿大为12或13岁的少年) a peewee baseball team. 一支小选手级别的棒球队。 ■a player at such a level of amateur sport (业余运动队的)小选手
a small marble 小游戏弹子
语源
mid 19th cent. (in sense 3); sense 1 is imitative; senses 2 and 3 are from wee, by reduplication