diminutives的中文翻譯是什麼意思

ADJ-GRADED很小的;微小的

A diminutive person or object is very small.

• She noticed a diminutive figure standing at the entrance.

  她注意到入口處站著一個小小的身影。

N-COUNT暱稱;愛稱

A diminutive is an informal form of a name. For example, 'Jim' and 'Jimmy' are diminutives of 'James'.

N-COUNT指小詞綴(表示親暱或某東西很小的字尾，如 -ie 和 -ette)

A diminutive is a suffix which is added to a word to show affection or to indicate that something is small. For example, '-ie' and '-ette' are diminutives, for example in 'doggie' and 'statuette'.