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pygmy

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pyg·my1, pigmy /ˈpɪɡmi/ noun (plural pygmies, pigmies) [countableC]  
1. (also Pygmy)SASA 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
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pygmy2 adjectiveadj [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
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Origin pygmy
(1300-1400) Latin pygmaeus very small in height, from Greek, from pygme fist (as a unit of length)
pyg·my1 nounpygmy2 adjectiveadj
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