单词 | munchkin |
释义 | munchkin in British English (ˈmʌntʃkɪn) noun 1. informal, mainly US an undersized person or a child, esp an appealing one 2. a breed of medium-sized cat with short legs Word origin C20: from the Munchkins, a dwarfish race of people in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)munchkin in American English (ˈmʌntʃkɪn) US noun 1. [often M-] an imaginary being having a small human form and a dutiful, amiable, innocuous nature 2. a person who keeps busy doing things that are often unimportant, unnecessary, or annoying Word origin coined in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, novel (1900) by BaumExamples of 'munchkin' in a sentence |
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