Lil·li·put /ˈlɪlɪpʌt, -pʊt/ an imaginary country in the book Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift, where all the people, animals, and buildings are very small. Places where everything is small are sometimes said to be like Lilliput. 小人国〔小说《格列佛游记》中的假想国;有时喻指各类设施微小的地方〕 —Lilliputian /ˌlɪləˈpjuːʃən/ noun [countableC]