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brainbox
22
Finding
61
placate
12
prosthesis
6
headed
10
presents
4
refitted
6
unifies
5
malarkey
14
hound out
79
subspecies
10
certain
412
Resume
280
vibrato
10
incubate
14
blow-up
109
profitable
423
Copious
13
N.B.
86
multicultural
15
merely
316
NB
75
work something ↔ off
378
requiem
18
ostensibly
44
EC, the
16
Animal
166
crumble
199
flannelette
85
crossbowman
43
semaphore
8
abnormalities
42
chequered
130
as opposed to
107
gentleman
422
transfer
648
at will
99
Soda
80
faded
87
stem
442
bluster
135
nuthouse
7
commender
25
masochism
18
medical
406
Brat
37
reset
101
conversion
457
intentionally
112
Tempting
185
all-comers
151
thousand
81
insensitive
75
acknowledgements
35
stocking
479
alcoholic
100
squad
272
double-blind
70
inestimable
7
thereby
612
Mess
36
half-mast
401
monotonies
6
positron
14
Faucet
146
foliaged
99
Handsome
107
irresolute
5
Binge
177
Gubernatorial
107
vocalise
7
wreath
359
CHARACTER
66
costume party
49
cocksucker
14
Raid
27
détente
48
Foresee
89
hatter
8
saturated
265
dozen
372
rest on
30
Borrow
97
undifferentiated
39
proto-
14
Alone
137
delta
78
Get on
59
skincare
9
impossible
504
mailbag
14
Aeroplane
94
rex
12
mending
15
widowed
11
hilarious
315
cheat
442
seedy
14
beauty-shop
77
chloe
11
whee
12
presence
502
smart
385
tailoring
137
opalescent
17
immaculate
261
Distance
104
overpay
17
steady
858
Turning
88
cock-eyed
125
wastage
15
tried
7
mortality
201
Badlands, the
123
scripted
18
resentment
98
available
742
Timer
144
premodifier
118
props
46
a5
51
wasted
187
Balcony
160
word
380
hailstorm
101
fellowship
113
geophysicist
49
tuxedo
25
Discerning
91
Best
113
dew
415
horlicks
12
Operator
33
Healthy
107
yak
38
loan
443
forthcoming
293
goodly
78
psychosis
11
Happening only once
51
spare
195
failure
446
polluted
45
peevish
12
rewrote
8
bug
160
High-rise
23
broke
81
FAX
312
SHRILL
59
refit
13
valentine
12
subsidiary
158
unusually
352
mc
14
conceited
212
mew
23
scurvy
7
Drone
93
uncle
27
irruption
11
city centre
98
overstaffed
12
gunpoint
81
scruple
158
anon
133
snap
470
time
860
aarp
15
entirely
110
unelected
8
socceroos
6
gps
50
future
271
rescheduling
6
gold
386
postcoital
4
lodge
342
threnody
5
hearty
101
oscillation
10
salisbury
5
providing that
46
Tie
137
shirtfront
5
runnable
10
perimeter
303
underclothing
4
lasso
126
semiconducting
4
riches
10
Attach
170
thoroughgoing
8
stickily
4
pleatless
6
from scratch
52
learning
505
Disengaged
31
Return
192
fund manager
37
pester power
93
cuckoo
114
wunderkind
42
Stymie
47
minutia
43
Great
87
lap
426
balance sheet
161
Manner
168
coalfield
85
sepulchre
11
come through
139
scare
421
banana split
71
slacklining
8
weeping
13
office holder
11
model yourself on sb
12
on behalf of somebody
78
sexuality
10
unpunished
51
shrug sth off
48
cloth
471
reintroduction
42
exhaust
523
Bone
150
dispossessed
104
niece
304
hinterland
17
scarface
7
shockproof
8
stopover
6
raspberry
8
underused
8
bad guy
68
searchlight
6
thraldom
4
steadies
7
inexperienced
217
historical
425
Diehard
85
Busy
158
putrefies
4
racquet
6
whereat
6
propped
6
statesman
529
uppitiness
4
Speeding
80
shivery
5
resounding
10
sphinxlike
4
libellous
193
CAPTIVITY
57
hologram
16
squiffiest
4
snaffle
5
Boat
173
hypnotherapy
20
toastie
7
stunning
274
catalan
48
unhelpful
136
Kitchen
62
Koran, the
12
vulpine
10
trotted
4
uncrowded
8
sergeancy
4
thes
7
shlocky
3
grocery
373
thirtyfold
7
trials
6
replenishment
3
streamer
11
stenciler
4
constituent
234
spirituals
4
mock
311
sasquatch
7
Visa
244
holiday
174
icymi
9
rivetingly
7
capitulate
112
junk
159
systematize
8
imitator
6
curiosity
351
troubleshoot
11
expect
289
tangier
6
motherlessness
3
quadraphony
9
ease
660
redevelopment
8
pole
621
exports
94
scantiest
6
scaling
4
burgher
49
collective farm
69
rimless
8
shrubbier
5
slapstick
149
wst
7
Graffiti
70
gild
207
General words for presence
37
springiest
4
tarmacking
5
prominent
464
wariest
3
cellar
381
unanimity
9
reliance
423
Chancellor of the Exchequer
88
mystery
461
storekeeper
11
leave
498
authorship
87
Police
180
sceptic
209
consume
352
vest
395
kind
233
minneapolis
8
mesmeric
8
recommend
513
nonsense
448
Cutting edge
82
aloof
209
devastation
203
crème fraiche
81
constituent-assembly
44
freighter
201
reed
301
tamarisk
5
black out
70
billing
65
benefaction
80
randy
11
Emerge
218
relieve
418
Causal
114
Emitting
63
kindliness
11
jurisprudence
9
compartmentalize
90
wrestler
10
conVINCE
52
mollify
24
bumps
39
aviation
354
handmaiden
24
industrialise
5
animatronics
98
while
229
shrunken
41
cramp
203
prudential
8
consonant
197
for good
45
outlook
622
perception
306
eye tooth
62
hostage
122
orchestral
11
mire
66
Springboard
21
ruin
474
Motown
14
glockenspiel
86
slightly
349
tiddly
12
illuminator
7
ingratiating
8
multi-ethnic
12
itinerary
262
pouring
10
trace
425
work for someone
90
mali
9
laddie
9
decaff
44
influence
798
code of practice
53
physicist
482
slipcover
12
alarm
443
playwright
4
inroad
131
prostitution
8
tetchier
5
propellant
4
cow pie
66
fit up
92
its
10
boars
93
shorts
11
finish with
83
unassuming
9
sequoyah
5
undertaker
12
due process
96
refurbisher
5
monopolies
11
stockiest
4
spade
376
Bank
199
transcribe
108
rappelling
5
full-cream
144
saddo
10
restrict
612
sociolinguistics
4
purple
352
Influence
289
UNTIL
68
reinforcer
3
travestied
4
slingshot
8
upskill
5
polar
150
waning
5
shriek
348
USIA
6
unlovable
5
USIA, the
3
frag
105
haystack
6
rtf
14
balsamic vinegar
91
cage fighting
84
esplanade
68
expertise
292
Abuse
246
habituated
38
tell
474
Assign
173
upholsterer
7
circumstance
380
touchless
8
olive
111
playground
460
defame
87
Comment
159
waylaid
5
embrace
822
timekeeping
4
hysterics
12
discompose
12
air-force
82
Immediately
145
weepies
9
unworthy
273
onto
405
powerhouse
6
run-of-the-mill
107
uninterested
4
pls
4
scorecard
7
Premises
227
texan
5
horde
181
polymath
5
swelling
218
j
11
replace
1625
italy
10
rasher
11
muscleman
15
subatomic
5
interlude
252
sandbox
104
viz
5
inquisitorial
14
wrinkle
114
buses
8
cotton
400
Item
208
trickish
4
count-noun
65
Cockroaches
57
shrink
754
ergonomic
76
fanfiction
42
trifle
310
rapped
6
seaside
12
flesh-colored
83
Proxy
71
retching
4
wire
446
tackiest
8
prostration
5
secessionist
4
shopfitter
4
BNC: 23598
COCA: 22886
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
pygmy
Word family
adjective
pygmaean
pygmoid
noun
pygmy
Related topics:
Anthropology
pyg
·
my
1
,
pigmy
/
ˈpɪɡmi
/
noun
(
plural
pygmies
,
pigmies
)
[
countable
C
]
1
.
(
also
Pygmy
)
SA
SA
someone who
belongs
to a
race
of very small people, especially one of the
tribes
of
central
Africa
俾格米人〔身材非常矮小的一个种族,尤指中非的一个部族〕
2
someone who is not as good,
intelligent
, strong etc as other people in the same group – used to show
disapproval
〔与别人相比某方面有所不足的〕侏儒,小矮人〔含贬义〕
a literary pygmy
文学上的侏儒
Examples from the Corpus
pygmy
•
This
section
was a
stunted
pygmy
of the city, but all hers to
handle
and
manipulate
.
•
She lost
concentration
, and the
pygmy
vanished
.
pygmy
2
adjective
adj
[
only before noun
]
used to
describe
a type of animal or plant that is much smaller than other
similar
types
〔比同类动植物〕小得多的,矮小的,微小的
a pygmy elephant
小矮象
Examples from the Corpus
pygmy
•
Some of the most
satisfactory
aquarium
specimens
are the
pygmy
angelfishes.
•
These
vary
in
size
from the great white
pelican
and goliath
heron
to the
diminutive
malachite and
pygmy
kingfishers
.
•
They
coaxed
everything from
pygmy
mice
to snakes to
cheetahs
into running on a
treadmill
while wearing an
oxygen
mask
.
•
In fact, Galvin sees
protecting
the
pygmy
owl
and its
habitat
as a
boon
to the
economy
and
wildlife
alike
.
•
Still, the
press
jumped
on the
pygmy
owl
angle
,
splashing
headlines
about the
controversy
across the top of both
dailies
.
•
In the meantime, however, Amphi is still
stuck
with the
pygmy
owl problem.
•
Environmentalists
feel
saving
the
pygmy
owl
requires
re-establishing
flourishing
desert
riparian areas.
•
This could result in the plan being
modified
, so as not to adversely
affect
the
pygmy
owl.
Origin
pygmy
(
1300-1400
)
Latin
pygmaeus
“
very small in height
”
, from
Greek
, from
pygme
“
fist (as a unit of length)
”
pyg
·
my
1
noun
pygmy
2
adjective
adj
Chinese
Syllable
Corpus
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