minuscule

英 [ˈmɪnəskjuːl]

美 [ˈmɪnəskjuːl]

adj. 极小的; 微小的

复数：minuscules　

TOEFL GRE

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 muscle you gain is minuscule compared with the total amount of skeletal muscle in the body.
你获得的肌肉相对于全身的骨骼肌来说只是一小部分。
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。
After all, what business does a large creature like an elephant have to fear from a minuscule mouse?
说到底，一个像大象这样的大家伙，究竟为什么要害怕像小老鼠这样一个小不点儿呢？
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。
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。
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！
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。
He had to live in this minuscule room.
他不得不住在这极小的房间里。
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 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。