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单词 lilliputian
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
Lil•li•pu•tian /ˌlɪlɪˈpyuʃən/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. extremely small;
    tiny.
  2. petty;
    unimportant;
    trivial.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
Lil•li•pu•tian  (lil′i pyo̅o̅shən),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. extremely small;
    tiny;
    diminutive.
  2. petty;
    trivial:Our worries are Lilliputian when compared with those of people whose nations are at war.

n. 
  1. Literaturean inhabitant of Lilliput.
  2. a very small person.
  3. a person who is narrow or petty in outlook.
  • Lilliput + -ian 1726

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Lilliputian /ˌlɪlɪˈpjuːʃɪən/ n
  1. a tiny person or being
adj
  1. tiny; very small
  2. petty or trivial
Etymology: 18th Century: from Lilliput, an imaginary country of tiny inhabitants in Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726)
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