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puny    音標拼音: [pj'uni]
a. 微小的,弱小的,微不足道的

微小的,弱小的,微不足道的

puny
adj 1: inferior in strength or significance; "a puny physique";
"puny excuses"
2: (used especially of persons) of inferior size [synonym: {puny},
{runty}, {shrimpy}]

Puny \Pu"ny\, a. [Compar. {Punier}; superl. {Puniest}.] [F.
pu[^i]t['e] younger, later born, OF. puisn['e]; puis
afterwards (L. post; see {Post-}) n['e] born, L. natus. See
{Natal}, and cf. {Puisne}.]
Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble;
inferior; petty.
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A puny subject strikes at thy great glory. --Shak.
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Breezes laugh to scorn our puny speed. --Keble.
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Puny \Pu"ny\, n.
A youth; a novice. [R.] --Fuller.
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154 Moby Thesaurus words for "puny":
Lenten, Spartan, abstemious, ascetic, attenuated, austere,
breakable, brittle, cadaverous, cheap-jack, cobwebby, corpselike,
cramped, crumbly, dainty, decrepit, delicate, delicately weak,
diminutive, dinky, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, effeminate,
emacerated, emaciate, emaciated, exiguous, feeble, flimsy, fragile,
frail, frangible, frugal, gimcrack, gimcracky, gossamery, haggard,
half-pint, hollow-eyed, impoverished, inconsequential, inferior,
infirm, insignificant, jejune, jerkwater, jerry, jerry-built,
knee-high, lean, light, lightweight, limited, little, marantic,
marasmic, meager, mean, measly, midget, minor, minute, miserly,
namby-pamby, narrow, negligible, niggardly, niggling, nugatory,
one-horse, paltry, papery, parsimonious, pasteboardy, peaked,
peaky, petite, pettifogging, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling,
piffling, pinched, pindling, pint-sized, poky, poor, punk, pygmy,
scant, scanty, scrawny, scrimp, scrimpy, shattery, short,
shriveled, sickly, sissified, skeletal, skimp, skimpy, sleazy,
slender, slight, slim, small, small-beer, small-time, smallish,
spare, sparing, starvation, starved, starveling, stingy, stinted,
straitened, stunted, subsistence, tabetic, tabid, tacky, thin,
tinhorn, tiny, trifling, trivial, two-bit, two-by-four,
underdeveloped, underfed, undernourished, undersized, unimportant,
unnourishing, unnutritious, unsound, unsubstantial, useless,
wasted, watered, watery, weak, weakly, weazeny, wispy, withered,
wizened, womanish, worthless, wraithlike

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  • PUNY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of PUNY is slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak How to use puny in a sentence
  • PUNY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    What is the pronunciation of puny? 小的, 弱的, 微不足道的… canijo, enclenque, débil… franzino, insignificante, débil… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! PUNY definition: 1 small; weak; not effective: 2 small; weak; not effective: 3 small and weak, or not… Learn more
  • PUNY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    Puny definition: of less than normal size and strength; weak See examples of PUNY used in a sentence
  • Puny - definition of puny by The Free Dictionary
    Define puny puny synonyms, puny pronunciation, puny translation, English dictionary definition of puny adj pu·ni·er , pu·ni·est 1 Of inferior size, strength, or significance; weak: a puny physique; puny excuses
  • puny adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
    Definition of puny adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
  • puny, n. adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
    What does the word puny mean? There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word puny, seven of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence How common is the word puny? How is the word puny pronounced? Where does the word puny come from?
  • puny - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    A respelling of puisne, [1] from Anglo-Norman puisné (“later, more recent; junior; weakly”) [and other forms] and Middle French puisné (“born after (a specified person); younger, youngest; one who is born after (a specified person)”) (modern French puîné (“cadet (born after a sibling); a cadet (someone born after a sibling)”)), from puis (“after
  • Puny - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
    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
  • What does puny mean? - Definitions. net
    Puny is an adjective used to describe something that is small or weak in size, quantity, or strength It is often used to imply insignificance or inferiority Etymology: [F put younger, later born, OF puisn; puis afterwards (L post; see Post-) + n born, L natus See Natal, and cf Puisne ] pū′ni, adj (comp Pū′nier; superl
  • PUNY definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
    2 senses: 1 having a small physique or weakly constitution 2 paltry; insignificant Click for more definitions





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