pigmy在中文中有"矮兽、微不足道的东西"的意思,作为名词时有"小精灵"的意思,读音为['pi^mi],在英语中以名词出现较多,在《郎文英汉双解大词典》中,共找到61个与pigmy相关的例句。
Pigmy的词典翻译
1.矮兽
例句:And a zoo in Brazil is celebrating the birth of a rare pigmy hippopotamus by inviting visitors to vote on its name. (在巴西,一家动物园通过邀请游客投票取名的方式来庆祝一只稀有的倭河马的出生。)
2.微不足道的东西
例句:If I were to add the word pigmy, ring a bell? (如果我加上词,矮人,听起来熟悉吗? )
3.小精灵
例句:For it is he and not your god-self nor the pigmy in the mist, that knows crime and the punishment of crime. (因为只有它,而不是你们的神性或雾中的侏儒,才能了解罪与罚。)
4.矮人、小精灵
例句:He and the mender of roads sat on the heap of stones lookingsilently at one another, with the hail driving in between them likea pigmy charge of bayonets, until the sky began to clear over thevillage. (翻译:他和补路工都坐在石头上,彼此默默地望着。冰雹在他们之间洒落,仿佛是小人国的刺刀在袭击。村子上空的天终于放晴了。)
用法及短语
pigmy一般作为名词、形容词使用,如在pigmy hippopotamus(倭河马)、pigmy hog(倭猪)、pigmy talinum([网络] 猪尾巴)等常见短语中出现较多。
pigmy hippopotamus | 倭河马 |
pigmy hog | 倭猪 |
pigmy talinum | [网络] 猪尾巴 |
pigmy talinums | [网络] 猪尾巴\n(pigmy talinum 的复数) |
pigmy sword fern | 肾蕨 |
例句
1. For it is he and not your god-self nor the pigmy in the mist, that knows crime and the punishment of crime. (翻译:因为只有它,而不是你们的神性或雾中的侏儒,才能了解罪与罚。)
2. He and the mender of roads sat on the heap of stones lookingsilently at one another, with the hail driving in between them likea pigmy charge of bayonets, until the sky began to clear over thevillage. (翻译:他和补路工都坐在石头上,彼此默默地望着。冰雹在他们之间洒落,仿佛是小人国的刺刀在袭击。村子上空的天终于放晴了。)
近义词&反义词
pigmy作为名词、形容词的时候,其近义词以及反义词有s、pigmies等。
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