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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But the numbers are minuscule compared with the 26 billion card transactions that occur each year according to a 2013 study by the Federal Reserve Bank.
  但美联储（FederalReserve）2013年的研究显示，每年的银行卡交易数量为260亿笔。和后者相比，比特币交易微不足道。