英语词汇“runt of the litter”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

runt of the litter: the smallest animal in a litter; (figurative and in extended use) the smallest, weakest, or least significant member of a group. Cf. sense 3d.

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1841 Western Farmer & Gardener Aug. 264/2 In the first place, we only procured of Dr. M., one young four or five months' barrow, the runt of the litter.

1870 Appletons' Jrnl. 28 May 609/2 Each of these old papers has a history... ‘Art’ is an old Dial paper, and is the runt of the litter.

1915 Forum (N.Y.) Apr. 420 She was speaking now to the runt of the litter... A puny stripling—weak, girl-like. He was no male man.

1949 Boys' Life Mar. 6/1 Behind him came a much smaller tom, the runt of the litter, and last of all a pale colored female.

1979 New Scientist 25 Jan. 267/2 Instead of becoming..independent Royal colleges they were absorbed into the university system where they have tended to form the under-developed runts of the UGC's litter.

2004 Time Out N.Y. 11 Nov. 95/3 The limited-to-none distribution of major South Korean movies abroad does leave them looking like the runt of the Asian cinema litter.

单词	runt of the litter
释义	> as lemmas runt of the litter runt of the litter: the smallest animal in a litter; (figurative and in extended use) the smallest, weakest, or least significant member of a group. Cf. sense 3d. ΚΠ 1841 Western Farmer & Gardener Aug. 264/2 In the first place, we only procured of Dr. M., one young four or five months' barrow, the runt of the litter. 1870 Appletons' Jrnl. 28 May 609/2 Each of these old papers has a history... ‘Art’ is an old Dial paper, and is the runt of the litter. 1915 Forum (N.Y.) Apr. 420 She was speaking now to the runt of the litter... A puny stripling—weak, girl-like. He was no male man. 1949 Boys' Life Mar. 6/1 Behind him came a much smaller tom, the runt of the litter, and last of all a pale colored female. 1979 New Scientist 25 Jan. 267/2 Instead of becoming..independent Royal colleges they were absorbed into the university system where they have tended to form the under-developed runts of the UGC's litter. 2004 Time Out N.Y. 11 Nov. 95/3 The limited-to-none distribution of major South Korean movies abroad does leave them looking like the runt of the Asian cinema litter. extracted from runtn. < as lemmas
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