Puny
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj.弱小的, 发育不良的
- ［英］ adj.弱小的, 发育不良的 ( slight or inferior in power; weak)
- ［类］ measly : contemptibly / puny : weakly ( 卑鄙的对应下贱的 / 弱小的对应虚弱的)
- ［记］ 可能是pony ( 小马) 的变体
- ［例］ puny little arms and legs
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective (punier; -est)
- Etymology: Anglo-French puisné younger, weakly, literally, born afterward, from puis afterward + né born
- Date: 1593
- slight or inferior in power, size, or importance ; weak
- ? punily adverb
- ? puniness noun
