| 单词 | exiguousness |
| 释义 | > as lemmaseˈxiguousness eˈxiguousness n. = exiguity n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] littlenessOE ungreatc1275 littleheadc1350 smallnessa1398 littlelaikc1450 exiguity1604 pusillage1610 parvity1620 parvitude1652 petitenessa1676 exiguousness1727 exility1779 toydom1882 weeness1882 the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] fewnesseOE paucityc1425 thinnessc1440 exility1528 smallness1544 rareness1562 infrequency1600 exiguity1604 uninfiniteness1656 scarceness1672 exiguousness1727 spareness1822 sparseness1833 sparsity1865 the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] littlenessOE littleheadc1350 paucity?a1425 smallness?1532 slenderness?1542 exiguity1604 fewness1617 lowness1708 slightness1747 exiguousness1888 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Exiguousness, Exiguity,..Littleness. 1860 G. Vandenhoff Dramatic Reminisc. 99 A pair of trowsers that, having probably been derived from the same source as the coat, presented the same exiguousness of length. 1888 Sat. Rev. 22 Sept. 352/1 No. 1, though its apparent exiguousness might suggest a different conclusion, is a number of the highest importance. 1933 L. M. Fraser & D. C. Macgregor tr. J. Hasebroek Trade & Politics Anc. Greece ii. 81 What strikes one most forcibly in it [sc. fourth-century trade] is its simplicity and exiguousness. 2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. xi. 321 None of the 60 or so known species exceeds 3 millimetres in length and their exiguousness allows them to dispense with organs of circulation and gaseous exchange. < as lemmas |
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