| 单词 | puny |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['pju:ni] |
| 解释 | a.弱小的，发育不良的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj.弱小的，发育不 良的(slight or inferior in power; weak) 【考】 measly : contemptibly / puny : weakly(卑鄙的对应下贱的/ 弱小的对应虚弱的) 【记】 可能是pony(小马)的 变体 【例】 puny little arms and legs |
| 字源 | puny (adj.) 1570s, "inferior in rank" (1540s as a noun, "junior pupil, freshman"), from Middle French puisné (Modern French puîné), from Old French puisne "born later, younger, youngest" (12c., contrasted with aisné "first-born"), from puis nez, from puis "afterward" (from Vulgar Latin *postius, from Latin postea "after this, hereafter," from post "after," see post-, + ea "there") + Old French né "born," from Latin natus, past participle of nasci "be born" (Old Latin gnasci; see genus). Sense of "small, weak, insignificant" first recorded 1590s. Compare puisne. Related: Puniness. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 体格弱小的; 微不足道的 【记】源于: pony(小马)pu扑, ny你: 我敢扑上去打你, 是因为你体格弱小的 【类】measly: contemptibly = puny: weakly卑鄙的就是下贱的 = 弱小的就是虚弱的 【参】enormous(adj 巨大的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】pony 小马是弱小的；音：怕你，我怕了你了，你这么强，我这么弱 |
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