pygmy

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单词词源

pygmy 俾格米人，侏儒，矮小者

来自希腊语Pygmaios,俾格米人，居住在非洲埃塞俄比亚的小矮人，来自pygme,腕尺，一拳头高，来自pyx,拳头，词源同pugnus（拉丁语，拳头）,punch,pugnacious.

adj.

2. Sadly this is an age of grey bosses and pygmy leaders .: 可悲的是，现在是一个灰色老板和侏儒领导的时代。

3. The country that once boasted 40 % of the global goods trade has become an export pygmy .: 然而曾一度占有全球商品贸易40%份额的大英帝国俨然已变成了一个出口侏儒。

4. Mr bush once famously called north korea 's president a " pygmy " , and more recently a tyrant .: 布什曾经称北朝鲜的主席为“侏儒”，最近的一次称其为暴君。

5. The result is a foreign policy that rests on a defense giant and a number of pygmy departments .: 结果，外交政策倚赖着一个国防巨人，连带着一堆侏儒部门。