petite

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pe·tite /pəˈtiːt/ adjective  BEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKINGa woman who is petite is short and attractively thin 〔女子〕娇小的 SYN slim► see thesaurus at short

Examples from the Corpus

petite• All 15 victims were in their teens or early 20s, slim and petite, almost always with long, dark hair.• His wife was a petite dark-haired woman in her early thirties.• She was petite, going silver-haired, vivacious, bright, and willing to take Richard on trust.• petite hands• The petite, pretty actress met Clint 18 months ago and the couple have been inseparable ever since.• My aunt Mary was petite, pretty, and very ambitious.• Her husband said the petite woman had complained of fatigue as they plodded up a Canyon trail.Origin petite (1500-1600) French petit “small” used for feminine nouns

pe·tite adjectiveChineseSyllable  

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petite
pe‧tite /pəˈtiːt/ adjectivea woman who is petite is short and attractively thin
   SYN  slim
     

THESAURUS

■ person
   ▪ short someone who is short is not as tall as most people: He was a short fat man.
   ▪ not very tall quite short. This phrase sounds more gentle than saying that someone is short: She wasn’t very tall – maybe about 1.60 m.
   ▪ small short and with a small body: My mother was a small woman. | The girl was quite small for her age (=smaller than other girls of the same age).
   ▪ petite used about a woman who is attractively short and thin: She was a petite woman with blonde hair.
   ▪ stocky used about a boy or man who is short, heavy, and strong: Harry was stocky and middle-aged.
   ▪ dumpy short and fat: a dumpy girl with red hair
   ▪ diminutive formal literary very short or small – used especially in descriptions in novels: a diminutive figure dressed in black
   ▪ stubby stubby fingers or toes are short and thick: the baby’s stubby little fingers

pe·titeBrE /pəˈtiːt/ 🔊NAmE /pəˈtiːt/ 🔊 adjective (approving) (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