Wordiyopygmy
🇬🇧 UK/'pigmi/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
A member of certain African peoples of very short stature; any unusually small person or thing
俾格米人；矮小的人或物
adj.
Unusually small or short for its kind; relating to the Pygmy people
矮小的，侏儒的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedpygmroot
+
ycharacterized by
=pygmy
Common Collocations
- 1.pygmy hippopotamus倭河马
- 2.pygmy owl花头鸺鹠（侏儒猫头鹰）
- 3.pygmy tribe矮人部落
- 4.[pygmy forest]矮小林地
Example Sentences
- 1.
The Pygmy peoples of Central Africa are renowned for their deep knowledge of the rainforest.
- 2.
The pygmy hippopotamus is a much smaller relative of the common hippopotamus.
- 3.
Compared to the towering skyscrapers nearby, the old building looked like a pygmy.