puny meaning in English
adj.
(-nier; -niest)
1.短小的;弱小的,微弱的。
2.不足道的,次要的。
Examples
- Some doctors are pretty puny characters .
医生中也不乏庸庸碌碌之辈。 - And twenty of these puny lies i 'll tell .
这种毫无价值的瞎话要多少我都可以造出来。 - Antonio was a puny lad, and not strong enough to work .
安东尼奥是个瘦小的小家伙,身体还不壮,还不能干活。 - Puny and sorry as those lives were, they much resembled his own .
它们的生命是那样渺小,那样可怜,和他自己的非常相似。 - Once there was a puny little concert violinist named rudolf, who lived in sweden .
从前在瑞典,有一身材瘦弱矮小的小提琴手,名叫鲁道夫。