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pygmy

C1 noun

pygmy /ˈpɪɡmi/ nghĩa là người lùn trong truyền thuyết

Các nghĩa

  1. người lùn trong truyền thuyết

    A member of various legendary races of dwarfs, or supernatural peoples of diminutive stature.

    I've seen unicorns in Burma and a yeti in Nepal; / and I've danced with ten-foot Pygmies in a Montezuma Hall.

  2. người lùn, vật nhỏ bé

    Any dwarfish person or thing; a disparaging term for a small person.

    derogatory · figuratively · offensive

    “Look, you little pygmy, I’m going to shove this dagger right through your chicken neck if you don’t tell us!”

    It was so high up that the people walking about in the street below looked like pygmies.

  3. kẻ tầm thường, người không quan trọng

    An insignificant person, at least in some respect.

    derogatory · figuratively · offensive

    On the world stage Germany is an economic giant but a political pygmy, Britain in comparison a political giant but an economic pygmy.

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