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单词 teensy
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Definition of teensy in English:

teensy

adjectiveteensier, teensiestˈtiːnziˈtiːnsiˈtinsi
informal
  • Tiny.

    a teensy bit of custard powder
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Okay, I think I'm getting a teensy bit carried away, but no more.
    • I am a teensy bit nervous about the food situation, however.
    • A moment later, I was back upstairs and applying a teensy bit of makeup - light coat of mascara, tasteful smidge of eyeliner, and some lip gloss.
    • She looks at me as if I'm a teensy bit slow on the uptake.
    • But the Postal Service viewed the matter with a teensy bit more urgency.
    • I borrowed Sue's knitted flower pattern and added a few more stitches to make it a teensy bit bigger.
    • You couldn't blame me for being a teensy bit apprehensive, could you?
    • Let's be frank here, and maybe just a teensy bit callous.
    • Like all mothers, though, she sees you as her little girl growing up, and it's making her a teensy bit nervous.
    • And I think it's safe to say he earns a teensy bit more money than you do.
    • She was being ridiculous, isolating him like this, all because of one teensy tiny stupid little question that he wished he'd never asked!
    • But maybe he could just be a teensy bit more helpful.
    • Paige groaned, looking at her stomach critically, which had expanded a tiny, teensy bit; not bad at all, but she was ashamed of her unfit body.
    • Her smile wavered a teensy bit, the kind of tiny movement that I had learnt to determine in Ali's smiles.
    • They're like a teensy tiny version of a normal cigarette lighter.
    • Now that is a teensy bit different from your average enterprise software company.
    • It probably comes down to a single line of code somewhere with a teensy tiny almost insignificant bug in it.
    • I'm just a teensy bit worried that they may have security set up as I doubt I'm the only one who's had that idea.
    • I glanced at Jeff, who was staring straight ahead, looking a teensy bit pale.
    • Unfortunately, the anger was short-lived and a teensy bit of paranoia set in.
    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

Origin

Late 19th century (originally US dialect): probably an extension of teeny.

 
 

Definition of teensy in US English:

teensy

adjectiveˈtēnsēˈtinsi
informal
  • Tiny.

    the dress just needs to be altered a teensy bit
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She was being ridiculous, isolating him like this, all because of one teensy tiny stupid little question that he wished he'd never asked!
    • And I think it's safe to say he earns a teensy bit more money than you do.
    • Unfortunately, the anger was short-lived and a teensy bit of paranoia set in.
    • But maybe he could just be a teensy bit more helpful.
    • I glanced at Jeff, who was staring straight ahead, looking a teensy bit pale.
    • Her smile wavered a teensy bit, the kind of tiny movement that I had learnt to determine in Ali's smiles.
    • Okay, I think I'm getting a teensy bit carried away, but no more.
    • You couldn't blame me for being a teensy bit apprehensive, could you?
    • I borrowed Sue's knitted flower pattern and added a few more stitches to make it a teensy bit bigger.
    • Let's be frank here, and maybe just a teensy bit callous.
    • It probably comes down to a single line of code somewhere with a teensy tiny almost insignificant bug in it.
    • They're like a teensy tiny version of a normal cigarette lighter.
    • Paige groaned, looking at her stomach critically, which had expanded a tiny, teensy bit; not bad at all, but she was ashamed of her unfit body.
    • Like all mothers, though, she sees you as her little girl growing up, and it's making her a teensy bit nervous.
    • I'm just a teensy bit worried that they may have security set up as I doubt I'm the only one who's had that idea.
    • A moment later, I was back upstairs and applying a teensy bit of makeup - light coat of mascara, tasteful smidge of eyeliner, and some lip gloss.
    • But the Postal Service viewed the matter with a teensy bit more urgency.
    • I am a teensy bit nervous about the food situation, however.
    • She looks at me as if I'm a teensy bit slow on the uptake.
    • Now that is a teensy bit different from your average enterprise software company.
    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

Origin

Late 19th century (originally US dialect): probably an extension of teeny.

 
 
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