| 单词 | puny |
| 释义 | puny (once / 2456 pages) adj Are your muscles looking small, weak, and totally inferior? In other words, puny? Sounds like somebody needs to eat more spinach. Tiny, shrimpy, wimpy and totally unthreatening. That's puny in a nutshell — a very small, totally lame looking nutshell. It's most often used to describe someone's inferior physique, but can also apply to anything little that's not about to get in your way. A puny mountain would be no challenge to an Olympic skier, just as a puny plate of hot dogs would be laughable to a world speed-eating champion. WORD FAMILYpuny: punier, puniest, punily, puniness, punyer USAGE EXAMPLESUnpersuaded by the prospect of sunshine after two days of rain, Baffert yanked Arrogate, thus shrinking an already puny field to a wagering-unfriendly four. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) “He gets our puny human brain to appreciate five dimensions.” Nature(Dec 14, 2016) You’ve heard the horror stories about many Americans retiring with puny nest eggs and little income to live on. Time(Dec 01, 2016) 1adj (used especially of persons) of inferior size Syn runty, shrimpy little, small limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent 2adj inferior in strength or significance a puny physique puny excuses Syn weak wanting in physical strength |
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