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
- 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。