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little-bitty

/lit-l-bit-ee/US // ˈlɪt lˈbɪt i //

小不点,小小的,小巧玲珑,小不点儿

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : extremely small; tiny.

Examples

  • But Babylon asks us to do a little more: It wants us to empathize.

  • Everybody is trapped in an elevator together and tempers run a little hot.

  • How about baby drama with little Abijean and the Wee Baby Seamus?

  • I was a little mystified at how benignly he responded to my questions about his business activities.

  • Scalise spoke briefly, adding little of substance, saying that the people back home know him best.

  • It is most peculiar, and when he plays that way, the most bewitching little expression comes over his face.

  • In less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.

  • A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.

  • Squinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.

  • Then there was Wee Wo,—he was a little Chinese chap, and we used to send him down the chimneys to open front doors for us.