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成长受妨碍的,矮小的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stunt \Stunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stunted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Stunting}.] [See {Stint}.]
   To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the
   growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt
   a plant.

         When, by a cold penury, I blast the abilities of a
         nation, and stunt the growth of its active energies,
         the ill or may do is beyond all calculation. --Burke.

Stunted \Stunt"ed\, a.
   Dwarfed. -- {Stunt"ed*ness}, n.

资料来源 : WordNet®

stunted
     adj : inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby
           cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees" [syn: {scrawny},
            {scrubby}]