pyg·my
noun/ˈpɪɡmi/
/ˈpɪɡmi/
(also pigmy)
(plural pygmies, pigmies)
- Pygmya member of a group of people who are unusually short, especially a member of a people living in central Africa. This word is sometimes now considered offensive.
一个身材异常矮小的群体的成员，尤其是生活在中非的一个民族的成员。这个词现在有时被认为是冒犯性的。 - (disapproving) a very small person or thing or one that is weak in some way
矮小的人（或物）；侏儒；弱小者 - He regarded them as intellectual pygmies.
他把他们视为智力上的侏儒。
- He regarded them as intellectual pygmies.
Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the plural, denoting a mythological race of small people): via Latin from Greek pugmaios ‘dwarf’, from pugmē ‘the length measured from elbow to knuckles’.