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Like the Lilliputians inGulliver's Travels, who argued whether a boiled egg should be opened at the pointed or the rounded end, beer drinkers were adamant that only from their preferred shape of glass did their tipple taste best.
正如《格列佛游记》中小人国里的人对于吃鸡蛋应该先从哪端打破而争论不休一样,喝啤酒的人同样固执的认为,只有用他们喜欢的杯型喝酒,味道才带劲。
|adjective|
1.Trivial or very small.
‘America's banks look _Lilliputian_ in comparison with Japan's’
‘A little clay pot of lentils arrived, topped with a _Lilliputian_ quail egg and shavings of black truffles.’
|noun|
1.A trivial or very small person or thing.
‘When they stood next to each other at a media event, Ruiz made Jones look downright _Lilliputian_ .’
‘Being a _Lilliputian_ in the world of creative writing research, he wanted to tie down the whole Australian industry and claim it for his own.’
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