| 英语单词 | microcosm |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['maɪkrəʊkɒzəm] 美 ['maɪkroʊkɑːzəm] |
| 中文释义 | n.小宇宙;微观世界;缩影 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The market may be viewed as a microcosm of the larger world. (2) Each particle is a microcosm,and faithfully renders the likeness of the world. (3) This town is a microcosm of our world. (4) Each day is a microcosm of all life. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 这个市场可视为是大世界中的一个小天地。 (2) 每一个微粒都是一个微观世界,忠实地反映着它和整个世界的相似。 (3) 这个市镇是我们这个世界的缩影。 (4) 一天是一生的缩影。 |
| vocabulary简明 | When you think of microcosm, picture your home town inside a snow globe. The teeny tiny city is a microcosm of the one you live in. It is that place in miniature. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Microcosm can be used to describe anything that is a miniature representation of something else. Think of a specific event that symbolizes the way things always seems to go, like the way a kind act by your mom can represent the caring relationship you have with her. That weekend with your partner that started with laughter but ended in tears? That's a microcosm of the whole lousy relationship. The dance where you regretted your outfit, giggled with friends, annoyed a teacher, and missed your chance at dancing with your crush? A microcosm of high school. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]微观世界;缩影 A microcosm is a small society, place, or activity which has all the typical features of a much larger one and so seems like a smaller version of it. [oft N [FORMAL 正式]
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