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

• 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。
• 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。
• First, the risks of default, always minuscule, have been removed.
  首先，一向微乎其微的违约风险如今已经消除。
• He had to live in this minuscule room.
  他不得不住在这极小的房间里。
• 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。
• 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。
• Existing shareholders would be left with a minuscule stake.
  现有股东将持有剩下的很小一部分股权。
• 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 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。
• 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。