diminutives
英 [dɪˈmɪnjʊtɪvz]
美 [dɪˈmɪnjətɪvz]
n. 指小词，指小词缀(如piglet小猪，kitchenette小厨房); (单词，尤指名字的)非正式缩略形式
diminutive的复数
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 很小的;微小的
A diminutive person or object is very small.- She noticed a diminutive figure standing at the entrance.
她注意到入口处站着一个小小的身影。
- She noticed a diminutive figure standing at the entrance.
- 昵称;爱称
A diminutive is an informal form of a name. For example, 'Jim' and 'Jimmy' are diminutives of 'James'. - 指小词缀(表示亲昵或某东西很小的后缀，如 -ie 和 -ette)
A diminutive is a suffix which is added to a word to show affection or to indicate that something is small. For example, '-ie' and '-ette' are diminutives, for example in 'doggie' and 'statuette'.
双语例句
- Studies on Diminutives of Shanxi Dialects On the Research Stage: from Shanxi Dialects to Jin Dialects
从山西方言研究到晋语研究 - The diminutives of different languages and the different dialects of the same language share the same origins, phonological forms, and grammatical functions.
同时，不同的语言或者同一语言内不同方言的小称的来源、语音形式和语法功能具有高度的一致性。 - Studies on Diminutives of Shanxi Dialects
山西方言的小称 - Head word "ge" and similar phenomena, and children of the word, a small amount of sub-Affix said throughout the small vocabulary system and Overlapping said words complement each other or cross, showing a more complete Diminutives system.
圪头词及其同类现象和儿化词、少量子缀词在整个小称词汇系统中和重叠式小称词互相补充或交叉，呈现出一个较为完备的小称式系统。