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单词 pint-sized
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Definition of pint-sized in English:

pint-sized

(also pint-size)
adjective
informal
  • (especially of a person) very small.

    a pint-sized child star
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She'd never be more than what she was: an assistant superintendent in a pint-sized suburban school district.
    • Our pint-sized critics watched in fidgety silence.
    • You're so pint-sized, you take up too little space.
    • Houses, farms, barns and even mini wishing wells create a pint-sized Lakeland landscape, which is popular with adults as well as junior visitors.
    • Bryant handles all comers - the media, the pint-size kids wearing his No.8 jersey, the sponsor representatives, the squealing teenage girls, the corporate schmoozers - with equal coolness.
    • With some difficulty, we managed to dissuade our left-leaning daughter from buying pint-sized T-shirts for our preschool grandchildren.
    • There are literally billions of titles that rely on the draw of a pint-sized actor or actress to sell copies.
    • Don't get me wrong, I did my stint of trailing round the neighbourhood wearing a spooky mask and an old sheet as a child, so at this time of year I force myself to tolerate pint-sized seasonal visitors.
    • Instead of machine guns, these pint-sized criminals rub each other out by hurling cream pies.
    • The television cartoon draws 535,000 pint-size viewers each week and is the top-rated show among children aged two to 11.
    • Kylie is literally a sex symbol - male and female, gay and straight, adult and child can superimpose their own desires onto her pert, pint-sized body.
    • The pint-sized player will be hoping for better fortunes in New York, where she has made three quarter-final appearances.
    • Since the pint-sized Antipodean jumped the fence of Ramsay Street to conquer the world, many a soap starlet has been foolhardy enough to try and conquer the pop charts.
    • It wasn't that I was bullied - it was just that I was pint-sized compared to the Canadian kids, who came quart-sized.
    • There were those who suggested the pint-sized workaholic former minister would be stuck for something to do after her resignation, but by all accounts she is revelling in her newfound freedom.
    • Maloney is a diminutive treasure, a pint-sized magician and, from free kicks, consistently lethal.
    • The boys are all a few years older and treat their pint-size leader like a kid sister.
    • My lips quivered, inches away from my pint-sized patient's, his hot, bourbon soaked breath washing over my face.
    • The pint-sized heroes return for the final instalment of an entertaining trilogy and they face their biggest adventure yet.
    • The usual excuse is that readers of newspapers prefer their sentences short, their paragraphs pint-sized and text uncluttered with mysterious squiggles.
    Synonyms
    minute, small-scale, scaled-down, mini, baby, toy, pocket, fun-size, petite, dwarfish, knee-high, miniature, minuscule, microscopic, nanoscopic, infinitesimal, micro, diminutive, pocket-sized, reduced, lilliputian
 
 

Definition of pint-sized in US English:

pint-sized

(also pint-size)
adjectiveˈpaɪntˌsaɪzdˈpīntˌsīzd
informal
  • Very small.

    at age seven, he was a pint-sized superstar
    a pint-sized apartment
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The television cartoon draws 535,000 pint-size viewers each week and is the top-rated show among children aged two to 11.
    • The pint-sized player will be hoping for better fortunes in New York, where she has made three quarter-final appearances.
    • My lips quivered, inches away from my pint-sized patient's, his hot, bourbon soaked breath washing over my face.
    • Kylie is literally a sex symbol - male and female, gay and straight, adult and child can superimpose their own desires onto her pert, pint-sized body.
    • The usual excuse is that readers of newspapers prefer their sentences short, their paragraphs pint-sized and text uncluttered with mysterious squiggles.
    • Houses, farms, barns and even mini wishing wells create a pint-sized Lakeland landscape, which is popular with adults as well as junior visitors.
    • Our pint-sized critics watched in fidgety silence.
    • There are literally billions of titles that rely on the draw of a pint-sized actor or actress to sell copies.
    • The pint-sized heroes return for the final instalment of an entertaining trilogy and they face their biggest adventure yet.
    • You're so pint-sized, you take up too little space.
    • Since the pint-sized Antipodean jumped the fence of Ramsay Street to conquer the world, many a soap starlet has been foolhardy enough to try and conquer the pop charts.
    • Instead of machine guns, these pint-sized criminals rub each other out by hurling cream pies.
    • The boys are all a few years older and treat their pint-size leader like a kid sister.
    • Bryant handles all comers - the media, the pint-size kids wearing his No.8 jersey, the sponsor representatives, the squealing teenage girls, the corporate schmoozers - with equal coolness.
    • It wasn't that I was bullied - it was just that I was pint-sized compared to the Canadian kids, who came quart-sized.
    • Don't get me wrong, I did my stint of trailing round the neighbourhood wearing a spooky mask and an old sheet as a child, so at this time of year I force myself to tolerate pint-sized seasonal visitors.
    • There were those who suggested the pint-sized workaholic former minister would be stuck for something to do after her resignation, but by all accounts she is revelling in her newfound freedom.
    • She'd never be more than what she was: an assistant superintendent in a pint-sized suburban school district.
    • Maloney is a diminutive treasure, a pint-sized magician and, from free kicks, consistently lethal.
    • With some difficulty, we managed to dissuade our left-leaning daughter from buying pint-sized T-shirts for our preschool grandchildren.
    Synonyms
    minute, small-scale, scaled-down, mini, baby, toy, pocket, fun-size, petite, dwarfish, knee-high, miniature, minuscule, microscopic, nanoscopic, infinitesimal, micro, diminutive, pocket-sized, reduced, lilliputian
 
 
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