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词汇 weeny
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Definition of weeny in English:

weeny

adjectiveweenier, weeniest ˈwiːniˈwini
informal
  • Tiny.

    〈非正式〉微小的,细小的

    the controls are a weeny bit fiddly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I think you might have misinterpreted the point of that column just a teeny, weeny bit.
    • I just got a tiny weeny bit freaked out about it.
    • Sexy does not have to mean stockings and suspenders or some feeble excuse for a top, with a teeny, weeny micro skirt.
    • Thee is also talk of me getting a tiny weeny percentage of any sales.
    • This store was selling little weeny teeny digital cameras, about the size of a matchbox.
    • Ali, who was two at the time, loved the story about the little girl who lived in a teeny, weeny house and played with itty, bitty toys.
    • Oooh, look, they have weeny, tiny packs of cigarettes!
    • They might look weeny, but these dolls are huge business.
    • These are all very exaggerated caricatures of bison with teeny, weeny heads, huge humps, they don't look like real bison.
    • It transpired that I am allergic to dust (quite badly), dogs and rabbits (a tiny weeny bit).
    • Needless to say, he was slightly put out at that; his ego deflated just a teeny, weeny bit.
    Synonyms
    minute, small-scale, scaled-down, mini, baby, toy, pocket, fun-size, petite, dwarfish, knee-high, miniature, minuscule, microscopic, nanoscopic, infinitesimal, micro, diminutive, pocket-sized, reduced, lilliputian

Origin

Late 18th century: from wee1, on the pattern of tiny; compare with teeny.

Rhymes

Athene, bambini, beanie, Bellini, Bernini, bikini, Boccherini, Borromini, capellini, catenae, Cellini, Cherubini, Cyrene, Fellini, fettuccine, genie, greeny, grissini, Heaney, Houdini, Jeanie, linguine, martini, Mazzini, mankini, meanie, Mussolini, Mycenae, Paganini, Panini, porcini, Puccini, queenie, rapini, Rossellini, Rossini, Santoríni, Selene, spaghettini, Sweeney, teeny, teeny-weeny, tortellini, Toscanini, Trini, tweeny, wahine, zucchini

Definition of weeny in US English:

weeny

adjectiveˈwēnēˈwini
informal
  • Tiny.

    〈非正式〉微小的,细小的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I think you might have misinterpreted the point of that column just a teeny, weeny bit.
    • Needless to say, he was slightly put out at that; his ego deflated just a teeny, weeny bit.
    • Sexy does not have to mean stockings and suspenders or some feeble excuse for a top, with a teeny, weeny micro skirt.
    • These are all very exaggerated caricatures of bison with teeny, weeny heads, huge humps, they don't look like real bison.
    • I just got a tiny weeny bit freaked out about it.
    • Ali, who was two at the time, loved the story about the little girl who lived in a teeny, weeny house and played with itty, bitty toys.
    • Thee is also talk of me getting a tiny weeny percentage of any sales.
    • They might look weeny, but these dolls are huge business.
    • Oooh, look, they have weeny, tiny packs of cigarettes!
    • This store was selling little weeny teeny digital cameras, about the size of a matchbox.
    • It transpired that I am allergic to dust (quite badly), dogs and rabbits (a tiny weeny bit).
    Synonyms
    minute, small-scale, scaled-down, mini, baby, toy, pocket, fun-size, petite, dwarfish, knee-high, miniature, minuscule, microscopic, nanoscopic, infinitesimal, micro, diminutive, pocket-sized, reduced, lilliputian

Origin

Late 18th century: from wee, on the pattern of tiny; compare with teeny.

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