Lilliputian 音标拼音: [l
, ɪləpj'uʃən]
a . 小人国的,小的
n . 小人,侏儒
小人国的,小的小人,侏儒
Lilliputian adj 1 :
tiny ;
relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput ; "
the Lilliputian population "
2 :
very small ; "
diminutive in stature "; "
a lilliputian chest of drawers "; "
her petite figure "; "
tiny feet "; "
the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy " [
synonym : {
bantam },
{
diminutive }, {
lilliputian }, {
midget }, {
petite }, {
tiny },
{
flyspeck }]
3 : (
informal )
small and of little importance ; "
a fiddling sum of money "; "
a footling gesture "; "
our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war "; "
a little (
or small )
matter "; "
a dispute over niggling details ";
"
limited to petty enterprises "; "
piffling efforts "; "
giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law ,
but it seems to be a picayune infraction " [
synonym : {
fiddling },
{
footling }, {
lilliputian }, {
little }, {
niggling }, {
piddling },
{
piffling }, {
petty }, {
picayune }, {
trivial }]
n 1 :
a very small person (
resembling a Lilliputian )
2 :
a 6 -
inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift Lilliputian \
Lil `
li *
pu "
tian \ (
l [
i ^]
l `
l [
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p [=
u ]"
shan ),
n .
1 .
One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift '
s "
Voyage to Lilliput "
or "
Gulliver '
s Travels ".
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Hence :
A person or thing of very small size .
[
1913 Webster ]
Lilliputian \
Lil `
li *
pu "
tian \,
a .
1 .
Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift ,
or to its inhabitants .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Hence :
Of very small size ;
diminutive ;
insignificant ;
dwarfed .
[
1913 Webster ]
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "
Lilliputian ":
Tom Thumb ,
brownie ,
dumpy ,
dwarf ,
dwarfed ,
dwarfish ,
elf ,
elfin ,
gnome ,
homunculus ,
incipient ,
manikin ,
meager ,
midge ,
midget ,
nanoid ,
peewee ,
pip -
squeak ,
pygmy ,
rudimental ,
rudimentary ,
runt ,
runty ,
scraggy ,
scrubby ,
shrimp ,
shriveled ,
shrunk ,
shrunken ,
squat ,
stunted ,
undersize ,
undersized ,
wart ,
wizened
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