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pygmy/ˈpiɡmi/n. (also 亦作 pigmy) (pl. -ies) 1 a member of a dwarf people of equatorial Africa and parts of SE Asia (赤道非洲和东南亚某些地区的)侏儒，矮子 2 a very small person, animal, or thing 特别矮小的人(或动物、东西) 3 an insignificant person 无足轻重的人 4 (作 attrib.)a of or relating to pygmies 侏儒的；与侏儒有关的 b (of a person, animal, etc.) dwarf (人、动物等)矮小的 □ pygmaean /-ˈmi:ən/ adj.□ pygmean /-ˈmi:ən/ adj.[Middle English via Latin pygmaeus from Greek pugmaios ‘dwarf’, from pugmē ‘the length from elbow to knuckles, fist’] |