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

单词	puny
释义	pu·ny I. \ˈpyünē, -ni\ adjective (-er/-est) Etymology: Middle French puisné younger, literally, born afterward, from puis afterward (from — assumed — Vulgar Latin postius, compar. of Latin post after, afterward) + né born — more at post-, né 1. obsolete a. : puisne b. : junior c. : recent, subsequent d. : inexperienced, unskilled 2. : slight or inferior in power, vigor, or importance : lacking in force or vitality : weak, insignificant, sickly < was cowed by their indifference to him, and felt puny — G.D.Brown > < man's mechanical skill has permitted him to raise to the nth power his puny strength — E.A.Hooton > < pitted my puny opinion against the judgment of the medical world — V.G.Heiser > < the sun is not the only heavenly body which puny man attempts to coerce by his magic — J.G.Frazer > Synonyms: see petty II. noun (-es) Etymology: Middle French puisné younger son, from puisné, adjective obsolete : puisne, junior, novice, subordinate
随便看	parentally parental school parentate parentation parentela parentelic parenteral parenterally parenthesis parenthesize parenthetic parenthetical parenthetically parentheticalness Parenthood parenthood parenticide parenting parent-in-law parentis parentless parent material parent metal parents parentship

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