"diminutive, tiny," literally "pertaining to Lilliput," the fabulous island whose inhabitants were six inches high, a name coined by Jonathan Swift in "Gulliver's Travels" (1726). Swift left no explanation of the origin of the word.
双语例句
1. Several other little - known worlds are tucked into corners of this Lilliputian state.
另外还有几处不大为人所知的天地隐藏在这个“小人国”州的角落里.
来自辞典例句
2. A relentless Globo Gym attack led by their Lilliputian leader, White Goodman.
无情的全球健身中心队在他们侏儒领袖怀特古德曼领导下进攻.
来自电影对白
3. In late January a Brobdingnagian battle erupted over a Lilliputian water dweller.
1月底,一种小小的水栖生物掀起了一场大战.
来自互联网
4. Lithographic tools for transferring Lilliputian circuitry onto a wafer cost up to $ 50 m a pop.
流行的用来移动微小电路到晶圆上的印刷工具价值5千万美元.
来自互联网
5. But the Lilliputian price also explains why Fannie Mae might have buy - and - hold types feeling queasy.