Lilliputian
英 [ˌlɪləˈpju:ʃən] 美 [ˌlɪləˈpjuʃən]

n.

小人国的人，小东西；

adj.

矮小的；

英英释义

Lilliputian[ ,lili'pju:ʃjən ]

• n.
  • a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
  • a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
• adj.
  • tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput
  • very small

    "a lilliputian chest of drawers"

    同义词：bantamdiminutivemidgetpetitetinyflyspeck

  • (informal) small and of little importance

    "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"

    同义词：fiddlingfootlinglittlenigglingpiddlingpifflingpettypicayunetrivial

权威例句

Lilliputian bottom fish fauna of the Hatteras upper middle continental slope
Recurrent Lilliputian hallucinations as visual aura symptom in migraine
Lilliputian: an AF4/FMR2-related protein that controls cell identity and cell growth.
Leviathan vs. Lilliputian: A Data Envelopment Analysis of Government Efficiency
Leviathan vs. Lilliputian: A Data Envelopment Analysis of Government Efficiency
Lilliputian mutant of maize lacks cell elongation and shows defects in organization of actin cytoskeleton.
New insights into early land ecosystems: a glimpse of a lilliputian world
Transcriptional regulation of cytoskeletal functions and segmentation by a novel maternal pair-rule gene, lilliputian
A screen for modifiers of decapentaplegic mutant phenotypes identifies lilliputian, the only member of the Fragile-X/Burkitt's Lymph...
A reassessment of the taxonomic status of Porphyra suborbiculata, Porphyra carolinensis and Porphyra lilliputiana (Bangiales, Rhodop...