单词 | runt |
释义 | runt From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Animalsruntrunt /rʌnt/ noun [countable]1 HBAthe smallest and least developed baby animal of a group born at the same timerunt of the runt of the litter2 informalWEAK a small, unpleasant, or unimportant personExamples from the Corpusrunt• She was a runt no longer.• Ronnie was what was called a real runt, not much bigger than Petey.• An induced birth after thirty-six hours of false labor, the runt of a litter of twelve.• He was the runt of the family, and the last born.• He was even worse off than you were, runt.Origin runt (1500-1600) Perhaps from Dutch rund “cow, small ox” |
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