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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• China has opened only tiny apertures for foreign investors in its domestic capital markets, promoting instead an offshore renminbi capital market that is as yet minuscule in comparison with its US dollar counterpart.
  中国在国内资本市场只为外国投资者开了一个小孔，却努力推进人民币离岸资本市场的发展，而与美元资本市场相比，它的规模仍微不足道。
• Astronomers think this effect, although minuscule for Earth, could play a role in the black hole dynamos that power quasars.
  天文学家认为，这种影响，但是对地球微不足道，可在黑洞发电机功率类星体的角色。
• 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。
• 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 difference between Harvard and Caltech last year was minuscule, Baty said in a telephone interview. Whats happened this year is Caltech has seen a significant increase in its research income.
  在电话采访中Baty表示在去年的时候哈佛和加州理工的差距已经是非常小了，而今年最大的变化是加州理工获得了很大的研究收入的增长。
• Success or failure often turns on minuscule differences in problem definitions.
  成败往往取决于问题定义的细小差异。