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Lil·li·pu·tianBrE /ˌlɪlɪˈpjuːʃn/NAmE /ˌlɪlɪˈpjuːʃn/ adjective (formal) extremely small 极小的；微小的 SYN diminutive, tiny Expressions from literary sources Alice in Wonderland, Casanova, Cassandra, Don Juan, Dorian Gray, Falstaffian, Frankenstein, Jekyll and Hyde, Lilliputian, Lothario, Orwellian, Pandora’s box, Peter Pan, Pied Piper, Pollyanna, Rip Van Winkle, Ruritanian, Scrooge, Shangri-La, Sherlock, Stepford Wife, Svengali, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Utopia, Walter Mitty ORIGIN From the land of Lilliput, in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, where the people are only 15 cm high. 源自乔纳森 · 斯威夫特的《格利佛游记》中的小人国（Lilliput），那里的居民仅有 15 厘米高。 |