pygmy

['p?ɡm(xù)i]
  • n. [內科] 侏儒;俾格米人(一種身高不滿五英尺的矮小人種);微不足道的人
  • adj. 矮小的;俾格米人的

IELTSGRE暢通詞匯

詞態(tài)變化


復數:?pygmies;

中文詞源


pygmy 俾格米人,侏儒,矮小者

來自希臘語Pygmaios,俾格米人,居住在非洲埃塞俄比亞的小矮人,來自pygme,腕尺,一拳頭高,來自pyx,拳頭,詞源同pugnus(拉丁語,拳頭),punch,pugnacious.

英文詞源


pygmy
pygmy: [14] Greek pugmé meant ‘fist’ (it may have been related to Latin pugnus ‘fist’, source of English pugnacious). By extension, it was used for a ‘measure of length equal to the distance from the elbows to the knuckles’. From it was derived pugmaíos ‘dwarfish’, which passed into English via Latin pygmaeus. In ancient and medieval times it was used as a noun to designate various apocryphal or mythical races of short stature, but it was not until the late 19th century that it was applied to the people of equatorial Africa who now bear the name.
=> pugnacious
pygmy (n.)
late 14c., Pigmei, "member of a fabulous race of dwarfs," described by Homer and Herodotus and said to inhabit Egypt or Ethiopia and India, from Latin Pygmaei (singular Pygmaeus), from Greek Pygmaioi, plural of Pygmaios "a Pygmy," noun use of adjective meaning "dwarfish," literally "of the length of a pygme; a pygme tall," from pygme "cubit," literally "fist," the measure of length from the elbow to the knuckle; related to pyx "with clenched fist" and to Latin pugnus "fist" (see pugnacious).

Figurative use for "person of small importance" is from 1590s. Believed in 17c. to refer to chimpanzees or orangutans, and occasionally the word was used in this sense. The ancient word was applied by Europeans to the equatorial African race 1863, but the tribes probably were known to the ancients and likely were the original inspiration for the legend. As an adjective from 1590s. Related: Pygmean; Pygmaean.

雙語例句


1. He's a pygmy when compared with great musicians.
他和偉大的音樂家相比就成了侏儒.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

2. Reaching a maximum height of 56cm the pygmy goat is essentially a pet.
因為最高僅為56厘米,這種矮種山羊基本上作為寵物來養(yǎng)。

來自柯林斯例句

3. He is a pygmy compared with you .
和你相比他就算是個侏儒了。

來自辭典例句

4. The various pygmy groups are thus the products of harshcircumstances.
各種侏儒種群都是殘酷環(huán)境的產物.

來自互聯(lián)網

5. Sales assistant : Well , you could get that pygmy warrior over there.
呃.你可以買那邊的侏儒武士像.

來自互聯(lián)網

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