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

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！
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。
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。
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。
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。
Proportionate to the possible membership, we represent a minuscule number of hard of hearing people.
相对于重听人实际总数，我们表现出的只是一个极小的数字。
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。
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。
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。
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。