单词 | bantam |
释义 | bantam /ban"teuhm/, n. 1. (often cap.) a chicken of any of several varieties or breeds characterized by very small size. 2. a small and feisty or quarrelsome person. adj. 3. diminutive; tiny: bantam editions of the classics. [1740-50; appar. after BANTAM, through which such chickens may have been imported to Europe] Syn. 3. miniature, small, petite, wee, pygmy, Lilliputian. |
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