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Lilliputian

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小人國的,小的小人,侏儒

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lilliputian \Lil`li*pu"tian\ (l[i^]l`l[i^]*p[=u]"shan), n.
   1. One belonging to a very diminutive race described in
      Swift's ``Voyage to Lilliput.''

   2. Hence: A person or thing of very small size.

Lilliputian \Lil`li*pu"tian\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput
      described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.

   2. Hence: Of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed.

資料來源 : WordNet®

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" [syn: {bantam},
        {diminutive}, {midget}, {petite}, {tiny}, {flyspeck}]
     3: (informal terms) 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"; "Mickey Mouse
        regulations"; "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" [syn: {fiddling}, {footling},
         {little}, {Mickey Mouse}, {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
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