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minuscule n.小写字adj.小写字的；很小的 (1) 原稿是用很小的字体写的。(2) 如果飞机有空座位，因为多一个顾客而增加的成本是微乎其微的。 In minuscule, you see the word, minus, which means lesser. The word minuscule has its roots in the Latin expression minuscula littera, a phrase used to describe the smaller letters in text. In the late 1800s, the use of the word expanded to mean very small in general — so the definition of minuscule became less minuscule.

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英 ['mɪnəskjuːl] 美 ['mɪnəskjuːl] (1) This manuscript was written in a minuscule script.(2) If the plane has empty seats,the cost of adding one more passenger is minuscule. When something is teeny tiny, it is minuscule. If your mother calls your miniskirt minuscule, it probably means she wants you to change into something a bit less revealing. 1[ADJ 形容词]极小的；微小的 If you describe something as minuscule, you mean that it is very small. 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。

英语单词	minuscule
英美音标	英 ['mɪnəskjuːl] 美 ['mɪnəskjuːl]
中文释义	n.小写字 adj.小写字的；很小的
英语例句	(1) This manuscript was written in a minuscule script. (2) If the plane has empty seats,the cost of adding one more passenger is minuscule.
中文例句	(1) 原稿是用很小的字体写的。 (2) 如果飞机有空座位，因为多一个顾客而增加的成本是微乎其微的。
vocabulary简明	When something is teeny tiny, it is minuscule. If your mother calls your miniskirt minuscule, it probably means she wants you to change into something a bit less revealing.
vocabulary扩展	In minuscule, you see the word, minus, which means lesser. The word minuscule has its roots in the Latin expression minuscula littera, a phrase used to describe the smaller letters in text. In the late 1800s, the use of the word expanded to mean very small in general — so the definition of minuscule became less minuscule.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]极小的；微小的 If you describe something as minuscule, you mean that it is very small. 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。

Minuscule Means Word Describe 英 Mɪnəskjuːl] 美 Mɪnəskjuːl N.小写字