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puny

/pyoo-nee/US // ˈpyu ni //UK // (ˈpjuːnɪ) //

弱小的,弱小,矮小的,弱不禁风

Related Words

paltry微不足道,微不足道的,渺小,渺小的measly可怕的,卑微的,卑鄙的,小小的inconsequential不重要的,无关紧要的,无关紧要,不重要tiny微小的,微小,渺小,渺小的frail羸弱的,脆弱的,体弱的,体弱trivial琐碎,琐碎的,琐事,小事一桩feeble软弱无力,衰弱,弱小,软弱diminutive缩略语,矮小的,缩微,矮小fragile脆弱的,娇嫩的,脆弱,纤弱的inferior劣质,劣质的,劣势,低级infirm老弱病残,老弱,体弱的,体弱little少许,少,少量,少少minor未成年,小型,小型的,未成年人niggling棘手的问题,微不足道的,琐碎的,微不足道nothing没有什么,没什么,什么都没有,什么也没有peanut花生,花生米,花生酱,花生米饭petty小气,小气的,小气鬼,琐碎picayune野餐,皮卡伊恩,皮亚杰,皮卡丘piddling琐碎的,琐碎,琐事,琐碎的事情runt矬子,矬子里拔将军,奔跑,跑步

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    pu·ni·er, pu·ni·est.

    • : of less than normal size and strength; weak.
    • : unimportant; insignificant; petty or minor: a puny excuse.
    • : Obsolete. puisne.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.small, insignificant
Synonyms
feeble软弱无力,衰弱,弱小,软弱frail羸弱的,脆弱的,体弱的,体弱inconsequential不重要的,无关紧要的,无关紧要,不重要measly可怕的,卑微的,卑鄙的,小小的paltry微不足道,微不足道的,渺小,渺小的tiny微小的,微小,渺小,渺小的trivial琐碎,琐碎的,琐事,小事一桩diminutive缩略语,矮小的,缩微,矮小fragile脆弱的,娇嫩的,脆弱,纤弱的half-pint半品脱,半瓶装,半瓶,半升inferior劣质,劣质的,劣势,低级infirm老弱病残,老弱,体弱的,体弱little少许,少,少量,少少minor未成年,小型,小型的,未成年人niggling棘手的问题,微不足道的,琐碎的,微不足道nothing没有什么,没什么,什么都没有,什么也没有peanut花生,花生米,花生酱,花生米饭peewee皮维,皮尤,农民工,牡丹花petty小气,小气的,小气鬼,琐碎picayune野餐,皮卡伊恩,皮亚杰,皮卡丘piddling琐碎的,琐碎,琐事,琐碎的事情pint-sized小巧玲珑,矮小的,小小的,小巧的runt矬子,矬子里拔将军,奔跑,跑步shrimp小虾,虾子,小虾米,虾米small time小时间,小的时候,小时候,小时代small-fry小炒,小试牛刀,炒菜,炒股stunted矮小的,矮小,发育不良,发育不良的trifling琐碎的,琐碎,琐碎的事,琐事two-bit两位,两位数,二位,双位unconsequential无关紧要的,无关紧要,无关紧要的事,无意义的underfed吃不饱,吃不饱的,营养不足,吃不饱饭undersized尺寸过小,尺寸不足,规模不足,尺寸不足的undeveloped不发达的,未开发的,不发达,不开发的unsound不健全,不健全的,不稳妥,不完善unsubstantial不实在的,不切实际,不切实际的,不真实的weak软弱,弱,软弱无力,薄弱weakly弱弱地,微弱地,微弱的,微弱wee凌晨,凌晨时分,凌晨时分的worthless一文不值,一文不值的,一钱不值,无用的zero零,零度,零点,零的zilch零,零点,无,零的

Examples

  • He makes his fellow NBA players, some of the biggest and strongest men in the world, look puny.

  • Without protection, puny electronic components in a robot don’t have a chance.

  • It’s not because these puny males risk their lives for love.

  • This is why the visual-language data sets that exist are so puny.

  • Prior to that data protection rules existed in the region but could be easily ignored, given puny penalties.

  • In the end, Shumlin led by a puny 2,434 votes, less than the 50 percent margin needed for victory under Vermont law.

  • Complete and utter accident of fate, the puny matter of his voter enrollment.

  • The dark blue showing its liberal corollary is comparatively puny.

  • But his standing in opinion polls is puny, and he has been targeted by Sarah Palin.

  • Mighty NATO rains down bombs and bullets on Gaddafi's puny forces, but can't score a knockout.

  • Mrs. Jordan, a British matron of solid proportions, passed down the path on the arm of a comparatively puny cavalier.

  • Joey was puny and hairless as ever, but in Rose's face as she looked at him there was a flush of maternal tenderness and gravity.

  • It can set him up with a semblance of bodily strength, when otherwise he would be puny and fragile.

  • No longer did his heavy battle axe seem to weigh on his puny arm.

  • Rick turned in time to see the side of El Viejo blow off in an explosion that made ten kilotons of fission seem puny indeed.

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