1. 矮鸡：当我们比较以各种用途为人类服务的许多狗品种时,当我们比较如此顽强争斗的斗鸡和很少争斗的品种时,比较斗鸡和从来不孵卵的卵用鸡时,比较斗鸡和极其小形而美丽的矮鸡(bantam)时,当我们比较无数的农艺植物、蔬菜植物、果树植物以及花卉植物的族时,
2. 万丹：荷兰人成立荷兰东印度公司,又在爪哇岛的万丹(Bantam)成立商馆,想控制丁香、肉豆蔻等香料贸易,因此在香料群岛与葡萄牙人、西班牙人发生冲突,战事还波及菲律宾,特别是马尼拉.
3. 短小精悍;小型设备;携带式无线电信标：bantam mixer 非倾倒式拌和机 | bantam 短小精悍;小型设备;携带式无线电信标 | Bantamia 班旦珊瑚属
1. 矮脚鸡
A bantam is a breed of small chicken.
1. Talese said of a period when Alberto Vitale was head of Bantam Doubleday Dell.
2. The book is due out in May from Bantam, a unit of the Random House publishing company.
noun
1. any of various small breeds of fowl
adj
1. very small
e.g. diminutive in stature
a lilliputian chest of drawers
her petite figure
tiny feet
the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy
Synonym: diminutive lilliputian midget petite tiny flyspeck