minuscule是什麼意思 minuscule的用法 minuscule怎麼讀

minuscule

英 ['mɪnəskjuːl]美 ['mɪnəskjul]

n. 小寫字；草寫小字

adj. 極小的；用草寫小字寫的

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中文詞源

minuscule 極小的

來自拉丁語minus,較小的，較少的，-cul,小詞後綴，詞源同molecule.即相當小的，極小的。

英語詞源

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.

權威例句

1. The film was shot in 17 days, a minuscule amount of time.

這部電影僅用短短的17天便拍攝完畢。

2. The next few years are only a minuscule part of the equation.

今後的幾年只是其中很短的一段時間.

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3. The human race only a minuscule portion of the earth's history.

人類只有佔有極小部分地球歷史.

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4. As things stand, Hong Kong's renminbi banking system is minuscule.

就目前的情況而言, 香港的人民幣銀行體系可謂微不足道.

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5. A letter written in minuscule.

英文的小寫字母.

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