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Pint-sized means very small, and people almost always say it with a smile. You use it of a child, a pet, a car, a house — something whose smallness feels surprising or sweet. A pint is a smallish measure of beer or milk, so the picture is: no bigger than that glass.
Pint-sized這個字 means意思是 very small非常小,and people而且人們 almost always say it with a smile幾乎都是帶著笑意在講。You你 use it of用它來形容 a child, a pet, a car, a house小孩、寵物、車子、房子——something東西 whose smallness feels surprising or sweet那種小得讓人覺得意外或可愛的東西。A pint一品脫 is a smallish measure of beer or milk是啤酒或牛奶一個小小的量的單位,so the picture is所以畫面就是:no bigger than that glass不會比那杯子大。
It is informal. A newspaper might call a compact car pint-sized; a parent might call a toddler pint-sized. It is not a serious measuring word, and it is too cute for a science report.
It is informal它是個口語用字。A newspaper報紙 might call把 a compact car一台小型車 pint-sized叫做pint-sized;a parent家長 might call把 a toddler一個學步兒 pint-sized叫做pint-sized。It is not它不是 a serious measuring word一個正式的量測用字,and it is too cute而且太可愛了 for a science report不適合用在科學報告裡。
Though actually, it does not mean “as small as a toy.” It means smaller than you expected, in an everyday, human way.
Though actually不過其實,it does not mean它並不是指"as small as a toy."「像玩具一樣小」。It means它是指 smaller than you expected比你預期的還小,in an everyday, human way是一種日常、人味十足的講法。
About a child or a puppy it usually sounds fond. Do not use it of a stranger’s body; there it can sting.
About a child or a puppy用在小孩或小狗身上 it usually sounds fond通常聽起來是喜愛的語氣。Do not use it不要拿它 of a stranger's body去講陌生人的身材;there在那種情況下 it can sting它可能會傷人。
組成pint + sized:pint 是英美衡量啤酒或牛奶的小單位,sized 是「那樣大小的」,合起來就是「一品脫那麼小」——用來開玩笑。
同家族的字
- pintthe small drink-measure that gives the joke of “so small”
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pint-sizedadj
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Comparatively small in size.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ Together, with the help of the drunkard Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), the only District 12 citizen ever to win the Games, they challenge tributes that range from sadistic volunteers to crafty kids like the pint-sized Rue (Amandla Stenberg) to the truly helpless and soon-to-be-dead.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。