单词 | smallness |
释义 | smallness (once / 3642 pages) n WORD FAMILY smallness: smallnesses+/small: smaller, smallest, smallish, smallness, smalls USAGE EXAMPLESThey expect her to say something that puts the smallness of Trump and the greatness of America into context. Time(Oct 10, 2016) Her triumph was to celebrate community “in all its smallness” in that ultimate metropolis, New York, while keeping the bigger picture in view. Nature(Sep 27, 2016) Trump epitomises the type of man who sees no value in women other than their smallness, compliance, conventional attractiveness and sexual availability. The Guardian(Sep 27, 2016) 1n the property of having a relatively small size Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper littleness bigness, largeness the property of having a relatively great size diminutiveness, minuteness, petiteness, tininess, weeness the property of being very small in size delicacy, slightnesssmallness of stature grainthe smallest possible unit of anything puniness, runtiness, stuntednesssmallness of stature dwarfishnesssmallness of stature size the physical magnitude of something (how big it is) 2n the property of being a relatively small amount he was attracted by the smallness of the taxes Hyper amount the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion 3n the property of having relatively little strength or vigor the smallness of her voice Syn|Hyper littleness weakness the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain 4n lack of generosity in trifling matters Syn|Hyper littleness, pettiness closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness extreme stinginess |
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