puny是什么意思_puny的中文翻译_用法_简单造句

英['pjuːni]美['pjuːni]

adj. 微小的；瘦弱的；微不足道的

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来自古法语puisne，最小的，最后出生的，来自puis，以后，在后，来自拉丁语post，在后。-ne，出生，词源同natal.引申词义小的，弱的，劣质的，孱弱的。

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词法

adjective(形容词)

小的；弱的；微不足道的；无效的

双解例句

adjective(形容词)

小的；弱的；微不足道的；无效的
a puny little man
瘦小的男人
My car only has a puny little engine.
我的车只有一个功率很小的引擎。
The party's share of the vote rose from a puny 13 percent in the last election to 21 percent this time.
该党的得票率从上次选举中可怜的13%上升到这次的21%。

小知识

Are your muscles looking small, weak, and totally inferior? In other words, puny? Sounds like somebody needs to eat more spinach.

Tiny, shrimpy, wimpy and totally unthreatening. That's puny in a nutshell — a very small, totally lame looking nutshell. It's most often used to describe someone's inferior physique, but can also apply to anything little that's not about to get in your way. A puny mountain would be no challenge to an Olympic skier, just as a puny plate of hot dogs would be laughable to a world speed-eating champion.