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Lil·li·pu·tianBrE /ˌlɪlɪˈpjuːʃn/ NAmE /ˌlɪlɪˈpjuːʃn/ adjective (formal ) extremely small 极小的;微小的SYN diminutive, tinyExpressions from literary sourcesAlice in Wonderland,Casanova,Cassandra,Don Juan,Dorian Gray,Falstaffian,Frankenstein,Jekyll and Hyde,Lilliputian,Lothario,Orwellian,Pandora’s box,Peter Pan,Pied Piper,Pollyanna,Rip Van Winkle,Ruritanian,Scrooge,Shangri-La,Sherlock,Stepford Wife,Svengali,Tweedledum and Tweedledee,Utopia,Walter MittyORIGINFrom the land of Lilliput , in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels , where the people are only 15 cm high .源自乔纳森 · 斯威夫特的《格利佛游记》中的小人国(Lilliput),那里的居民仅有 15 厘米高。 |