petite

英 [pəˈtiːt]

美 [pəˈtiːt]

adj.  纤弱的; 娇小的

复数：petites　

Collins.1 / BNC.15829 / COCA.11652

牛津词典

adj.

• 纤弱的；娇小的
  small and thin
  1. a petite blonde
     娇小的金发女郎

柯林斯词典

• （女性）娇小可爱的，小巧玲珑的
  If you describe a woman aspetite, you are politely saying that she is small and is not fat.

英英释义

noun

• a garment size for short or slender women

adj

• very small
  1. diminutive in stature
  2. a lilliputian chest of drawers
  3. her petite figure
  4. tiny feet
  5. the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy
  Synonym:bantamdiminutivelilliputianmidgettinyflyspeck

双语例句

• The dancers are not pretty girls or handsome young man, nor attractive or petite.
  舞蹈家不是俏丽女孩或英俊的年轻人，亦不可爱或者小量重的。
• Ms. Zhou, a petite 24-year-old from central Henan province, said Chinese people who ate a lot of packaged food several years ago have stopped.
  这个24岁的来自河南省的娇小女生说，中国人几年前吃了很多包装食品，现在已经不吃了。
• Besides, she's too Petite to murder.
  除此以外，她太瘦小了，不可能谋杀他。
• Starbucks this spring rolled out a line of 'petite' cookies, croissants, and pastries for 1 euro each.
  星巴克在今年春季推出了小曲奇、牛角面包和甜点，售价均为一欧元。
• Diminutive in stature; a lilliputian chest of drawers; her petite figure; tiny feet.
  身材袖珍；抽屉的小厨柜；她瘦小的外形；纤细的足。
• Each day my laziness trumped the petite desire to clean up the cup.
  每天，我的懒惰蚕食着我清理杯子的内心愿望。
• A petite Muslim who wears a hijab, she has an adventurous streak.
  身材娇小的诺丽是一位穆斯林，戴着头巾。她一直有冒险精神。
• He finds two girls with similar eyes, but only one of these has the petite nose he remembers from the original picture.
  他找到了两个女孩都有相似的眼睛，但其中只有一个具有小巧的鼻子，这是他从原来的图片中记住的特征。
• Does it run like big, medium and petite?
  套装有分大、中、小码吧？
• She's such a petite woman and yet she's got a real bruiser of a baby.
  她是个十分娇小玲珑的女子，但她有个大胖小子。