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puny adj.微小的；瘦弱的；微不足道的 (1) 他们取笑我在攀岩活动中的那可怜劲儿。(2) 他看上去虽然瘦弱，但人很勇敢。(3) 医生中也不乏庸庸碌碌之辈。 Tiny, shrimpy, wimpy and totally unthreatening. That's puny in a nutshell — a very small, totally lame looking nutshell. It's most often used to describe someone's inferior physique, but can also apply to anything little that's not about to get in your way. A puny mountain would be no challenge to an Olympic skier, just as a puny plate of hot dogs would be laughable to a world speed-eating champion.

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英 ['pjuːni] 美 ['pjuːni] (1) They laughed at my puny efforts at rock-climbing.(2) Puny though he looked, he was as brave as a lion.(3) Some doctors are pretty puny characters. Are your muscles looking small, weak, and totally inferior? In other words, puny? Sounds like somebody needs to eat more spinach. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]弱小的；微弱的 Someone or something that is puny is very small or weak. ...a puny, bespectacled youth...戴眼镜的瘦弱青年The resources at the central banks' disposal are simply too puny.中央银行掌握的资金实在太少了。

英语单词	puny
英美音标	英 ['pjuːni] 美 ['pjuːni]
中文释义	adj.微小的；瘦弱的；微不足道的
英语例句	(1) They laughed at my puny efforts at rock-climbing. (2) Puny though he looked, he was as brave as a lion. (3) Some doctors are pretty puny characters.
中文例句	(1) 他们取笑我在攀岩活动中的那可怜劲儿。 (2) 他看上去虽然瘦弱，但人很勇敢。 (3) 医生中也不乏庸庸碌碌之辈。
vocabulary简明	Are your muscles looking small, weak, and totally inferior? In other words, puny? Sounds like somebody needs to eat more spinach.
vocabulary扩展	Tiny, shrimpy, wimpy and totally unthreatening. That's puny in a nutshell — a very small, totally lame looking nutshell. It's most often used to describe someone's inferior physique, but can also apply to anything little that's not about to get in your way. A puny mountain would be no challenge to an Olympic skier, just as a puny plate of hot dogs would be laughable to a world speed-eating champion.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]弱小的；微弱的 Someone or something that is puny is very small or weak. ...a puny, bespectacled youth... 戴眼镜的瘦弱青年 The resources at the central banks' disposal are simply too puny. 中央银行掌握的资金实在太少了。

Puny Totally Small 英 Pjuːni] 美 Pjuːni Adj.微小的；瘦弱的；微不足道的 Laughed