small and weak 弱小的,微弱的 skeletal, white-faced, puny children. 瘦骨嶙峋、脸色苍白、弱不禁风的孩子们。 ■poor in quality, amount, or size 质差的;量少的;体小的 the army was reduced to a puny 100,000 men. 部队仅剩下了十万人。
派生 punily adverb puniness noun 语源
mid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting a younger or more junior person): phonetic spelling of puisne