The invention relates to a small rotor-type submersible pump suitable for operation under liquid, which is formed by a pump body, a volute tongue bush, a rotor, a rotor bush, a piston, an eccentric shaft, a pump base, a filter screen and a submersible motor. The invention uses the principle of an eccentric mechanism to realize the reciprocating motion of the piston. When the submersible motor drives the rotor to rotate, the piston rotates around the eccentric shaft while the piston makes reciprocating motion and thereby liquid is drawn in and drained. Under the high-speed rotation, the piston drains liquid two times per turn and thereby the liquid flow output is stable, no pulse is caused, the vibration is low and the noise is low; and moreover, the volume is small, the number of parts is small, the cost is low, the hydraulic loss and the volumetric loss are small, the efficiency is above 70 percent and the pump is a high-efficiency energy-saving product for replacing a centrifugal submersible pump. Moreover, the pump has the good self-absorption performance and the wide runner of a displacement pump and can be used for delivering water liquid and pumping viscous liquid such as petroleum and liquid containing fibrous impurities and particle impurities, and thereby the application scope of the pump is widened.