| 释义 |
diminution /dim-i-nūˈshən/ noun- A lessening
- Decrease
ORIGIN: diminish diminˈutive adjective - Of a diminished size
- Very small
- Contracted
noun- A word formed from another to express a little one of the kind (grammar)
- A suffix used to form diminutives (grammar)
- A shortened form of a name (eg Rob for Robert)
- One of the smaller ordinaries, of the same shape as one of the larger ones (heraldry)
diminˈutively adverb diminˈutiveness noun |