diminutives

英 [dɪˈmɪnjʊtɪvz]

美 [dɪˈmɪnjətɪvz]

n.  指小词，指小词缀(如piglet小猪，kitchenette小厨房); (单词，尤指名字的)非正式缩略形式
diminutive的复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 很小的;微小的
  Adiminutiveperson or object is very small.
  1. She noticed a diminutive figure standing at the entrance.
     她注意到入口处站着一个小小的身影。
• 昵称;爱称
  Adiminutiveis an informal form of a name. For example, 'Jim' and 'Jimmy' are diminutives of 'James'.
• 指小词缀(表示亲昵或某东西很小的后缀，如 -ie 和 -ette)
  Adiminutiveis a suffix which is added to a word to show affection or to indicate that something is small. For example, '-ie' and '-ette' are diminutives, for example in 'doggie' and 'statuette'.

双语例句

• Studies on Diminutives of Shanxi Dialects
  山西方言的小称
• Studies on Diminutives of Shanxi Dialects On the Research Stage: from Shanxi Dialects to Jin Dialects
  从山西方言研究到晋语研究
• Head word "ge" and similar phenomena, and children of the word, a small amount of sub-Affix said throughout the small vocabulary system and Overlapping said words complement each other or cross, showing a more complete Diminutives system.
  圪头词及其同类现象和儿化词、少量子缀词在整个小称词汇系统中和重叠式小称词互相补充或交叉，呈现出一个较为完备的小称式系统。
• The diminutives of different languages and the different dialects of the same language share the same origins, phonological forms, and grammatical functions.
  同时，不同的语言或者同一语言内不同方言的小称的来源、语音形式和语法功能具有高度的一致性。