| 单词 | midget |
| 释义 | midget (once / 5589 pages) nadj Midget is an offensive term for someone who is much smaller than average. While it's acceptable today to describe an inanimate object with the adjective midget, it's never okay to use the word for a person. Long ago, people felt free to describe little people as midgets — for example, the actors who played the Munchkins in the 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz" were routinely described as midgets. Today we'd avoid describing these actors by their physical characteristics, but if we did they'd be called "little people," "dwarfs," "LP," or even "people of short stature." Save midget for midget crabapples or midget submarines. WORD FAMILYmidget: midgets USAGE EXAMPLESGrowing up in Minneapolis, Johnson coached Midgets when he was 13 and local high school teams when he was in college. New York Times(Dec 24, 2016) He recalled watching the Great Lakes Invitational college tournament there with his father and skating there while playing midget hockey. Los Angeles Times(Dec 12, 2016) Local news organizations report that Sunday’s fire destroyed equipment used by the Seth Midget Football League. Washington Times(Nov 15, 2016) 1n a person who is markedly small Syn|Hypo|Hyper dwarf, nanus Levi-Lorrain dwarf, hypophysial dwarf, pituitary dwarf a dwarf whose condition is caused by a deficiency of growth hormones, rather than by genetic factors (as in the case of the achondroplastic dwarf) hypoplastic dwarf, normal dwarf, primordial dwarf, true dwarfan achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defect; body parts and mental and sexual development are normal small person a person of below average size 2adj very small Syn bantam, diminutive, flyspeck, lilliputian, petite, tiny little, small limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent |
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