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a midget
midget在当代英语中常被视为冒犯性词汇，建议使用little person或person of short stature。
He is a midget.
他是一个侏儒。
矮子；侏儒
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矮子；侏儒
a person who is markedly small
He is a midget.
他是一个侏儒。
身材特别矮小的人
a person who is markedly small
The midget smiled and waved to the crowd at the festival.
那个身材特别矮小的人在节日活动上微笑着向人群挥手。
People often mistook the midget for a child because of his size.
人们常常因为他的身材而把这个身材特别矮小的人误认为孩子。
She wrote a story about a midget who became a famous singer.
她写了一个关于一个身材特别矮小的人成为著名歌手的故事。
midget在当代英语中常被视为冒犯性词汇，建议使用little person或person of short stature。
He is a midget.
他是一个侏儒。
The midget stood at the front of the stage.
那个侏儒站在舞台前方。
Midgets often face discrimination in society.
侏儒们常常在社会中面临歧视。
定语从句修饰midget。
She met a midget who worked as a clown.
她遇到一个当小丑的侏儒。
Not this
I saw a midget dog at the park.
Use this
I saw a tiny dog at the park.
Midget是名词，专指矮小的人，不能用作形容词修饰动物或物体；应使用tiny或small等形容词。
Not this
He midgets everyone in the room.
Use this
He is a midget compared to everyone in the room.
Midget是名词，不能用作动词表示‘比…矮小’；应改为系表结构或使用dwarf等动词。
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侏儒摔跤手
The midget wrestler signed autographs after the show.
这位侏儒摔跤手在表演后给大家签名。
侏儒演员
A midget actor starred in the historical drama.
一位侏儒演员主演了这部历史剧。
骂某人是侏儒
The schoolmates used to call him a midget.
同学们过去常骂他是侏儒。
我不是小矮人，我是个小男孩。
From the 1988 film Big, starring Tom Hanks. A boy trapped in an adult body says this when he's mistaken for a grown man. Note: 'midget' is now widely considered offensive; the respectful term is 'little person'.
出自1988年汤姆·汉克斯主演的电影《飞越未来》（Big）。一个被困在大人体内的小男孩在被人误认为成年男人时说出了这句话。注意：midget 如今普遍被认为带有冒犯性，礼貌的说法是 little person。
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谐音“米哲特”：像一粒米那样特别矮小的人，记住 midget 就是身材特别矮小的人。
语域：mixed 常见场景：贬损性口语、旧时书面语、非正式争吵或侮辱语境 该含义现在通常被视为冒犯性用语，多用于贬低身材矮小的人，比较常见于旧时文本或带有贬损意图的口语中；建议学习者避免使用，改用 person of short stature 或 little person。
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