peewee
英 ['piːwiː]
美 ['piwi]
- n. （美口）矮小的人或东西；小东西；美洲小燕（等于pewee）
- adj. 矮小的
英文词源
- peewee (adj.)
- 1877, "small, tiny, for children," a dialect word, possibly a varied reduplication of wee. Attested earlier (1848) as a noun meaning "a small marble." (Baseball Hall-of-Famer Harold "Peewee" Reese got his nickname because he was a marbles champion before he became a Dodgers shortstop.) As a type of bird (variously applied on different continents) it is attested from 1886, imitative of a bird cry.
