puny
/ˈpjuːnɪ/adjective
1punier, puniest
- small and weak弱小的, 微弱的：
skeletal, white-faced, puny children.
瘦骨嶙峋、脸色苍白、弱不禁风的孩子们。
1.1
- poor in quality, amount, or size质差的; 量少的; 体小的：
the army was reduced to a puny 100,000 men.
部队仅剩下了十万人。
派生词
punily
adverbpuniness
noun词源
mid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting a younger or more junior person)： phonetic spelling of PUISNE.