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minuscule

英 ['mɪnəskjuːl] 美 ['mɪnəskjul]

解释

n. 小写字；草写小字
adj. 极小的；用草写小字写的

※ 提供单词"minuscule"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

minuscule 极小的

来自拉丁语minus,较小的，较少的，-cul,小词后缀，词源同molecule.即相当小的，极小的。

英文词源

minuscule (n.): 1705, "small (not capital) letter;" as an adjective, "small," from 1727 (in printing; general sense of "extremely small" by 1893), from French minuscule (17c.), from Latin minuscula, in minuscula littera "slightly smaller letter," fem. of minusculus "rather less, rather small," diminutive of minus "less" (see minus). Related: Minuscular.

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例句和用法

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。

2. The next few years are only a minuscule part of the equation.: 今后的几年只是其中很短的一段时间.

3. The human race only a minuscule portion of the earth's history.: 人类只有占有极小部分地球历史.

4. As things stand, Hong Kong's renminbi banking system is minuscule.: 就目前的情况而言, 香港的人民币银行体系可谓微不足道.

5. A letter written in minuscule.: 英文的小写字母.