(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。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPetite is used with these nouns:- frame
Word Originlate 18th cent.: French, feminine of petit ‘small’.