英语词汇“diminutive”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

di·min·u·tive

(dĭ-mĭnyə-tĭv)

adj.

1. Extremely or extraordinarily small. See Synonyms at small.

2. Grammar Of or being a suffix that indicates smallness or, by semantic extension, qualities such as youth, familiarity, affection, or contempt, as -let in booklet, -kin in lambkin, or -et in nymphet.

1. Grammar A diminutive suffix, word, or name.

2. A very small person or thing.

[Middle English diminutif, from Old French, from Latin dīminūtīvus, from dīminūtus, past participle of dīminuere; see DIMINISH.]

di·minu·tive·ly adv.

di·minu·tive·ness n.

单词	diminutive
释义	di·min·u·tive (dĭ-mĭnyə-tĭv) adj. 1. Extremely or extraordinarily small. See Synonyms at small. 2. Grammar Of or being a suffix that indicates smallness or, by semantic extension, qualities such as youth, familiarity, affection, or contempt, as -let in booklet, -kin in lambkin, or -et in nymphet. n. 1. Grammar A diminutive suffix, word, or name. 2. A very small person or thing. [Middle English diminutif, from Old French, from Latin dīminūtīvus, from dīminūtus, past participle of dīminuere; see DIMINISH.] di·minu·tive·ly adv. di·minu·tive·ness n.
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