(of a girl, woman or her figure )女孩、婦女或其身材 small and thin 纖弱的;嬌小的 a petite blonde 嬌小的金發女郎 She was fair-haired and petite. 她一頭淡金色頭發,身材嬌小。 With her slim, petite figure, she could have been any age from 13 to 30. 從她那苗條嬌小的身材來看,她的年齡從13到30歲都有可能。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPetite is used with these nouns:- frame
Word Originlate 18th cent.: French, feminine of petit ‘small’.