英语词汇“bantams”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example Sentences

Adjective a bantam comedian who is known to fellow performers for his oversize ego

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Noun

They were inextricably linked through sports, even if their two-year age gap meant Smith, now 26, was just a pewee when McLain was a bantam.

Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2022 Wearing the flashy, sporty clothes of a barroom bantam (Alice Tavener did the costumes), Mr. Battiste finds the cancerous, painful insecurity within Walter’s strutting exhibitionism.

Ben Brantley, New York Times, 1 July 2019 Perlini was teammates with Wings forward Dylan Larkin on the Belle Tire bantam team that won a national championship in 2011.

Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2019 These bantam stars were considered unlikely to host many close-in planets — worlds that orbit near enough to their suns to receive sufficient energy to sustain life.

NBC News, 9 Oct. 2019 And for decades, one bantam-sized tailor has outfitted more than his share of hulking hockey stars. Giovanni Vacca, 86, stands about 5-foot-5 and sports a black suit, V-neck sweater and dress shirt.

Salim Valji, New York Times, 10 June 2019 Times are 9 to 10:30 a.m. for mites (8 and under) and squirts (10 and under) and 10:30 a.m. to noon for peewees (12 and under) and bantams (17 and under).

San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2019 Years before, Meade had played for Monte with the Chicago Blues at the bantam level.

Jon J. Kerr, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2019 Eventually, ispace aims to set up a robotic lunar transportation service and use its bantam rovers to identify and help exploit the resources available on Earth's nearest neighbor, such as water ice.

Mike Wall, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2018

Adjective

Tipping the scales at a bantam weight of only 1.14 pounds, and less than a foot long, even the gram-conscious minimalists have to take notice.

Tim Macwelch, Outdoor Life, 9 Sep. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Bantam, former residency in Java

First Known Use

Noun

1740, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	bantams
释义	bantam 1 of 2 noun ban·tam ˈban-təm 1 : any of numerous small domestic fowls that are often miniatures of members of the standard breeds 2 : a person of diminutive stature and often combative disposition bantam 2 of 2 adjective 1 : small, diminutive 2 : pertly combative Synonyms Adjective diminutive dinky dwarfish fine half-pint Lilliputian little pint-size pint-sized pocket pocket-size pocket-sized puny pygmy shrimpy slight small smallish subnormal toylike undersized undersize See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adjective a bantam comedian who is known to fellow performers for his oversize ego Recent Examples on the Web Noun They were inextricably linked through sports, even if their two-year age gap meant Smith, now 26, was just a pewee when McLain was a bantam. Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2022 Wearing the flashy, sporty clothes of a barroom bantam (Alice Tavener did the costumes), Mr. Battiste finds the cancerous, painful insecurity within Walter’s strutting exhibitionism. Ben Brantley, New York Times, 1 July 2019 Perlini was teammates with Wings forward Dylan Larkin on the Belle Tire bantam team that won a national championship in 2011. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2019 These bantam stars were considered unlikely to host many close-in planets — worlds that orbit near enough to their suns to receive sufficient energy to sustain life. NBC News, 9 Oct. 2019 And for decades, one bantam-sized tailor has outfitted more than his share of hulking hockey stars. Giovanni Vacca, 86, stands about 5-foot-5 and sports a black suit, V-neck sweater and dress shirt. Salim Valji, New York Times, 10 June 2019 Times are 9 to 10:30 a.m. for mites (8 and under) and squirts (10 and under) and 10:30 a.m. to noon for peewees (12 and under) and bantams (17 and under). San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2019 Years before, Meade had played for Monte with the Chicago Blues at the bantam level. Jon J. Kerr, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2019 Eventually, ispace aims to set up a robotic lunar transportation service and use its bantam rovers to identify and help exploit the resources available on Earth's nearest neighbor, such as water ice. Mike Wall, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2018 Adjective Tipping the scales at a bantam weight of only 1.14 pounds, and less than a foot long, even the gram-conscious minimalists have to take notice. Tim Macwelch, Outdoor Life, 9 Sep. 2019 See More Word History Etymology Noun Bantam, former residency in Java First Known Use Noun 1740, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Adjective 1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition bantam noun ban·tam ˈban-təm : a miniature breed of domestic chicken often raised for exhibiting in shows Geographical Definition Bantam geographical name Ban·tam ˈban-təm former town of Indonesia in the northwestern corner of Java; once capital of the Sultanate of Bantam bantams noun plural of bantam as in peewees Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance peewees shrimps midgets runts mites miniatures minis diminutives shrimp dwarves scrubs pygmies pigmies dwarfs homunculi mannikins Tom Thumbs nubbins manikins hop-o'-my-thumbs half-pints Antonyms & Near Antonyms giants monsters mammoths behemoths titans jumbos whales colossi leviathans whoppers See More
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