单词	pygmy
释义	pygmy1 nounpygmy2 adjective pygmypyg‧my1, pigmy /ˈpɪɡmi/ noun (plural pygmies, pigmies) [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINpygmy Origin: 1300-1400 Latin pygmaeus ‘very small in height’, from Greek, from pygme ‘fist (as a unit of length)’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS She lost concentration, and the pygmy vanished. This section was a stunted pygmy of the city, but all hers to handle and manipulate. word sets WORD SETS► Anthropology clansman, nounclanswoman, nounculturally, adverbculture, noundemography, noun-ese, suffixethnic, adjectiveethnography, nounethnology, nounfirst generation, nounintermarry, verbinterracial, adjectivekinship, nounmegalith, nounnative, adjectiveneanderthal, nounNeanderthal man, nounNeolithic, adjectivenomad, nounorientalist, nounpeace pipe, nounprimitive, adjectiveprimordial, adjectivepygmy, nounracial, adjectivesavage, adjectivesavage, nounsettlement, nounsettler, nountaboo, adjectivetotem, nountotem pole, nountribal, adjectivetribalism, nountribe, nountribesman, nountribeswoman, nountroglodyte, nounwampum, nounwar dance, nounwar paint, nounwhite, adjective 1 (also Pygmy) someone who belongs to a race of very small people, especially one of the tribes of central Africa2someone who is not as good, intelligent, strong etc as other people in the same group – used to show disapproval:  a literary pygmy pygmy1 nounpygmy2 adjective pygmypygmy2 adjective [only before noun] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Environmentalists feel saving the pygmy owl requires re-establishing flourishing desert riparian areas. In fact, Galvin sees protecting the pygmy owl and its habitat as a boon to the economy and wildlife alike. In the meantime, however, Amphi is still stuck with the pygmy owl problem. Some of the most satisfactory aquarium specimens are the pygmy angelfishes. Still, the press jumped on the pygmy owl angle, splashing headlines about the controversy across the top of both dailies. These vary in size from the great white pelican and goliath heron to the diminutive malachite and pygmy kingfishers. They coaxed everything from pygmy mice to snakes to cheetahs into running on a treadmill while wearing an oxygen mask. This could result in the plan being modified, so as not to adversely affect the pygmy owl. used to describe a type of animal or plant that is much smaller than other similar types:  a pygmy elephant
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