单词：diminutive
n. 身材极小的人, 指小词, 爱称
考试类型：[托福]
diminutive的用法和样例：
例句
- She has diminutive hands for an adult.作为一个成年人,她的手显得非常小。
- She bought a diminutive toy for her daughter.她给女儿买了个小巧可爱的玩具。
- We thought her diminutive figure could not suffer that work.我们认为她那小小的身材不能忍受那项工作。
- The diminutive, white-haired was deeply troubled.矮个子的白发老人感到非常为难。
- She was a diminutive figure beside her husband.她同丈夫比起来就像个小人。
- Despite its diminutive size, the car is quite comfortable.尽管这辆车很小，但相当舒服。
- Maggie is a diminutive of Margaret.玛吉是玛格丽特的昵称。
词汇搭配
- diminutive suffix指小后缀
经典引文
Some have the diminutive suffix [-ij], as Peggy, Maggie for Margaret, Fanny for Frances.
出自：L. Bloomfield
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