单词 | a smidgen of a |
释义 | > as lemmasa smidgen of a —— 2. A very small person or thing. Chiefly in a smidgen of a —— and variants: a very small (insignificant) example of a person or thing. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person dwarfeOE congeonc1230 go-by-ground?a1300 smalla1300 shrimpc1386 griga1400 gruba1400 murche1440 nirvil1440 mitinga1450 witherling1528 wretchocka1529 elf1530 hop-o'-my-thumb1530 pygmy1533 little person1538 manikin1540 mankin1552 dandiprat1556 yrle1568 grundy1570 Jack Sprat1570 squall1570 manling1573 Tom Thumb1579 pinka1585 squib1586 screaling1594 giant-dwarf1598 twattle1598 agate1600 minimus1600 cock sparrow1602 dapperling1611 modicum1611 scrub1611 sesquipedalian1615 dwarflinga1618 wretchcock1641 homuncio1643 whip-handle1653 homuncule1656 whippersnapper1674 chitterling1675 sprite1684 carliea1689 urling1691 wirling1691 dwarf man1699 poppet1699 durgan1706 short-arse1706 tomtit1706 Lilliputian1726 wallydraigle1736 midge1757 minikin1761 squeeze-crab1785 minimum1796 niff-naff1808 titman1818 teetotum1822 squita1825 cradden1825 nyaff1825 weed1825 pinkeen1850 fingerling1864 Lilliput1867 thumbling1867 midget1869 inch1884 shorty1888 titch1888 skimpling1890 stub1890 scrap1898 pygmoid1922 lofty1933 peewee1935 smidgen1952 pint-size1954 pint-sized1973 munchkin1974 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing > thing small of its kind decimo-sexto1594 diminutive1609 toy1665 a shrimp of aa1774 bantam1787 pygmy1838 yarkera1842 baby1847 smidgen1952 1952 J. Steinbeck East of Eden xxiii. 289 You little, silly, half-pint, smidgin of a wife. 1962 J. Steinbeck Trav. with Charley ii. 106 Lucille wore one of those little smidgins of hats held on by inturned combs. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 37 (advt.) Whether you're nine months or ninety years old, plump or twiggy, tall as a tree or small as a smidgeon. 1990 R. Goldberg & G. J. Goldberg Anchors iii. 39 They headed west to Igloo, South Dakota—a smidgen of a town. < as lemmas |
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