minuscule
英 [ˈmɪnəskjuːl]
美 [ˈmɪnəskjuːl]
adj. 极小的; 微小的
复数:minuscules
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.- 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。
- The film was shot in 17 days, a minuscule amount of time.
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
adj
- very small
- a minuscule kitchen
- a minuscule amount of rain fell
- lowercase
- little a
- small a
- e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters
- of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial
双语例句
- You could make something minuscule seem enormous.
你可以展示一下如何让小东西变大。 - The effect is so minuscule, however, that it can't be seen with current technology on a single image of jets from a supermassive black hole.
然而,这种影响是极其微小的,利用目前的技术在单一的图像上无法看到磁场对超级黑洞射流的影响。 - 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 although tea production in America is minuscule, consumption is booming.
尽管美国茶产量很少,但是消费需求却是在高涨。 - But Iraqi oil still represents just a small percentage of China's oil imports, and a minuscule portion of its overall energy supply.
但从伊拉克进口的石油占中国石油进口量的比例依然很小,在中国能源供应总量中的占比更小。 - Eight years ago I caught flak from my wife for not voting; I tried pointing out the minuscule impact of a single vote ( mine).
8年前,我因为没投票而受到了妻子的指责,而我试图以(我的)一张选票影响甚微为自己辩解。 - It was a minuscule amount of money – but for this woman, the coin represented a meal.
我吃惊地看着硬币,它的面额很低&但对那个女人而言,这就是一顿饭! - SWIG, though, does the hard work for you& with a minuscule amount of pseudo-code.
但SWIG可以帮您完成这一艰苦工作&并且只需采用少量的伪代码。 - 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 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。