minuscule

英 [ˈmɪnəskjuːl]

美 [ˈmɪnəskjuːl]

adj.  极小的; 微小的

复数：minuscules　

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BNC.18985 / COCA.13257

牛津词典

adj.

• 极小的；微小的
  extremely small

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 极小的;微小的
  If you describe something asminuscule, you mean that it is very small.
  1. The film was shot in 17 days, a minuscule amount of time.
     这部电影仅用短短的17天便拍摄完毕。

英英释义

noun

• a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts
• the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
  Synonym:small letterlowercaselower-case letter

adj

• very small
  1. a minuscule kitchen
  2. a minuscule amount of rain fell
  Synonym:miniscule
• lowercase
  1. little a
  2. small a
  3. e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters
  Synonym:littlesmall
• of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial
  Synonym:minuscular

双语例句

• Proportionate to the possible membership, we represent a minuscule number of hard of hearing people.
  相对于重听人实际总数，我们表现出的只是一个极小的数字。
• The share for any individual college is minuscule, of course.
  当然了，单看任何一家大学，这一比例都微乎其微。
• Don't worry. Most of them are minuscule in size.
  但是不用担心，它们中的绝大多数体积都非常小。
• But, in countries as diverse as Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, and Russia, such lending was a minuscule part of commercial real estate finance.
  但在加拿大、中国、日本、墨西哥和俄罗斯等不同国家，这类贷款只占商业地产融资的很小一部分。
• The muscle you gain is minuscule compared with the total amount of skeletal muscle in the body.
  你获得的肌肉相对于全身的骨骼肌来说只是一小部分。
• As light from the sun hits the sail, it imparts a minuscule but continuous acceleration.
  太阳光撞击帆的同时会带来一个细微但却持续的加速。
• The minuscule cash portion of the bonuses for top performers is a cause for concern at the bank, since many employees rely on the February infusion of cash to pay for apartments in Manhattan and tuition at private schools.
  顶尖业绩者奖金中，现金部分所占比例微小，在银行里引发了担忧，因为许多员工都依赖2月份入帐的现金来支付曼哈顿的公寓和私立学校学费。
• Last year, European firms accounted for 80 per cent of all credit insurance purchases, compared with a minuscule 3 per cent share attributed to Asia-based buyers.
  去年，在购买的所有信用保险中，欧洲企业占了80%，相比之下，亚洲买家仅占了微不足道的3%。
• DaimlerChrysler said it would start selling its minuscule two-seater cars in the United States from 2008.
  戴姆勒&克莱斯勒集团称，它将从2008年起开始在美国出售其微型双座轿车。
• Everything from milk to cars was rationed; growth was minuscule; the youth was frustrated and all the bright doctors and engineers emigrated to America.
  从牛奶到汽车，每件东西都是限量供应；经济增长微乎其微；年轻人感到沮丧；所有出色的医生和工程师都移民到了美国。