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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
        1. 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。