| 释义 |
ˈpint-size, a.
[size n.1]
Small; also quasi-n., as a nickname for a child or small person. So pint-sized a. in same sense; also absol. as n.; also, having a capacity of one pint.
1938Sun (Baltimore) 22 Apr. 3/2 The [air] ship, just a pint-sized affair compared to the giant Hindenburg, carried only three persons. 1939R. Chandler Trouble is my Business (1950) 17 It was large enough for a pint⁓sized desk. 1949Sun (Baltimore) 9 Apr. 6/1 (heading) Opportunity for cattle breeders: the pint-size cow. 1952B. Malamud Natural 182 A brisk, pint-size chef with a tall puffed cap on. 1955Granta 26 Nov. 11/2 Gorgeous Gloria, The Pint-sized Poppet. 1959[see nipper n.1 3 b]. 1961M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited iii. 36 Choristers, in pint-sized caps and gowns, trotting across the bridge for Evensong. 1971Times 8 Sept. 21/4 (heading) Merits of the pint-sized company. Next week, the Bolton Committee of Inquiry on Small Firms plans to publish the results of a survey. 1972Wodehouse Pearls, Girls & Monty Bodkin ix. 158 Where young pint size is at a disadvantage is in never having seen Grayce when she was really rolling. 1973M. Amis Rachel Papers 20 He read with concentration, his nose perhaps six inches above the page, mouthwashing with tea from a pint-sized mug which Jenny had time and again to refill. 1973Guardian 22 May 13/2 Long double-breasted riding macs for the pint-sized. 1977Time 8 Aug. 28/2 Andrea McArdle, 13, star of the Broadway musical Annie, led her pint-size cast onto the softball diamond against the peewees of Paramount Pictures's forthcoming kiddy sequel, The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training. |