petite

adjective
🔊/pəˈtiːt/
🔊/pəˈtiːt/
(from French, approving)
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  1. (of a girl, woman or her figure女孩、妇女或其身材) small and thin纤弱的;娇小的
    • a petite blonde娇小的金发女郎
    • She was fair-haired and petite.她一头淡金色头发,身材娇小。
    • With her slim, petite figure, she could have been any age from 13 to 30.从她那苗条娇小的身材来看,她的年龄从13到30岁都有可能。
    Topics Appearancec2, Clothes and Fashionc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPetite is used with these nouns:
    • frame
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    Word Originlate 18th cent.: French, feminine of petit ‘small’.