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。
• 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。
• He had to live in this minuscule room.
  他不得不住在这极小的房间里。
• 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。
• You could make something minuscule seem enormous.
  你可以展示一下如何让小东西变大。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。