peewee

peewee
noun
  1. 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
  2. [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
  3. a small marble
    小游戏弹子
语源
  1. mid 19th cent. (in sense 3); sense 1 is imitative; senses 2 and 3 are from wee, by reduplication
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