pygmy
adjective[before noun]
(alsopigmy)uk/ˈpɪɡ.mi/us/ˈpɪɡ.mi/A pygmyanimalorbirdis one of atypethat issmallerthananimalsorbirdsof thattypeusually are:
（动物或鸟类）体型非常小的a pygmyhippopotamus矮小的河马
a pygmyowl极小的猫头鹰
Small
- baby
- bijou
- bite-sized
- compactly
- compactness
- dwarf
- midget
- modest
- no/not enough room to swing a catidiom
- on the large, small, etc. sideidiom
- pint-sized
- pocket handkerchief
- pocket-sized
- sampler
- shoe box
- shrunken
- skimpy
- slightness
- smallish
- wee
pygmy
noun[C]
disapproving(alsopigmy)uk/ˈpɪɡ.mi/us/ˈpɪɡ.mi/someone who is notimportantor who has littleskill:
无足轻重的人；没什么技能的人apoliticalpygmy在政治上无足轻重的小人物
anintellectualpygmy智力低下的人
People of little importance
- a cog in a/the machineidiom
- be pastyoursell-by dateidiom
- cannon fodder
- cipher
- inferior
- lightweight
- mediocrity
- minnow
- nothing
- past
- pawn
- pipsqueak
- plaything
- poor
- poor relationidiom
- small fry
- waste
- waste of spaceidiom
- waster
- worm