pygmy
pygmy
(亦作 pigmy)
(pl. -ies)
pygmean
adjective
(亦作 pigmy)
(pl. -ies)
- a member of certain peoples of very short stature in equatorial Africa and parts of SE Asia
俾格米人（赤道非洲及东南亚部分地区身材矮小的民族）
■(chiefly derogatory)a very small person, animal, or thing
(主贬)特别矮小的人（或动物、东西）
■[usu. with adj.]an insignificant person, especially one who is deficient in a particular respect
无足轻重的人（尤指某方面缺乏者）
he regarded them as intellectual pigmies.
他认为他们是智能上的矮子。
- [attrib.](of a person or thing) very small
（人，物）极小的
■used in names of animals and plants that are much smaller than more typical kinds, e.g. pygmy shrew, pygmy water lily
［用于比典型种类小得多的动物和植物名称中，如pygmy shrew, pygmy water lily]
pygmean
adjective
- (archaic)(古).)
- late Middle English (originally in the plural, denoting a mythological race of small people): via Latin from Greek pugmaios 'dwarf', from pugmē 'the length measured from elbow to knuckles'
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