1. 很小的;微小的 A diminutive person or object is very small.
e.g. She noticed a diminutive figure standing at the entrance. 她注意到入口處站著(zhù)一個(gè)小小的身影。
2. 昵稱(chēng);愛(ài)稱(chēng) A diminutive is an informal form of a name. For example, 'Jim' and 'Jimmy' are diminutives of 'James'.
diminutive的翻譯
3. 指小詞綴(表示親昵或某東西很小的后綴，如 -ie 和 -ette) A diminutive is a suffix which is added to a word to show affection or to indicate that something is small. For example, '-ie' and '-ette' are diminutives, for example in 'doggie' and 'statuette'.
diminutive英英釋義
noun
1. a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness
diminutive的反義詞
adj
1. very small
e.g. diminutive in stature a lilliputian chest of drawers her petite figure tiny feet the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy