minuscule

英 [ˈmɪnəskjuːl]

美 [ˈmɪnəskjuːl]

adj.  极小的; 微小的

复数：minuscules　

TOEFLGRE

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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• It was a minuscule amount of money – but for this woman, the coin represented a meal.
  我吃惊地看着硬币，它的面额很低&但对那个女人而言，这就是一顿饭！