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mite n.小虫；小家伙；极少量 (1) 螨虫需要花费一个小时才能将自己埋藏到皮肤之下。(2) 可怜的小家伙！(3) 我给了他一点安慰。(4) 这咖喱我觉得有点儿太辣了! Put away your ruler, because you can't measure a mite any more than you can measure a smidge, a tad, a speck, a tough, or a pinch — all English words for a tiny amount. Such words are useful when making polite requests. If someone's just barely blocking your car, you might ask them to move theirs just a mite. If you say you'll be back in just a mite, you won't keep the person waiting long.

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英 [maɪt] 美 [maɪt] (1) It takes about one hour for the mite to bury itself in the skin.(2) Poor little mite!(3) I offer a mite of comfort to him.(4) This curry is a mite too hot for me! Mite is one of many words for a very small amount, like a bit and a jot. A mite is teeny-weeny and itty-bitty. It's not much at all. 1[PHRASE 短语]一点点；极少量 A mite means to a small extent or degree. It is sometimes used to make a statement less extreme.   [PHR adj/adv]I can't help feeling just a mite uneasy about it...我对此不禁感到一丝不安。I think if you were a woman you might feel a mite differently.我想如果你是女人的话，也许会感到些许不同。2[N-COUNT 可数名词](生存在植物上或动物皮毛中的)螨 Mites are very tiny creatures that live on plants, for example, or in animals' fur.   [usu pl]...an itching skin disorder caused by parasitic mites.寄生螨虫引起的皮肤瘙痒3[N-COUNT 可数名词]（可怜的）小孩，小家伙 If you refer to a small child as a poor little mite, you mean that you feel sorry for them.   [adj N]  [mainly BRIT 主英]  [INFORMAL 非正式]The poor mite was so ill.可怜的孩子病得这么重。

英语单词	mite
英美音标	英 [maɪt] 美 [maɪt]
中文释义	n.小虫；小家伙；极少量
英语例句	(1) It takes about one hour for the mite to bury itself in the skin. (2) Poor little mite! (3) I offer a mite of comfort to him. (4) This curry is a mite too hot for me!
中文例句	(1) 螨虫需要花费一个小时才能将自己埋藏到皮肤之下。 (2) 可怜的小家伙！ (3) 我给了他一点安慰。 (4) 这咖喱我觉得有点儿太辣了!
vocabulary简明	Mite is one of many words for a very small amount, like a bit and a jot. A mite is teeny-weeny and itty-bitty. It's not much at all.
vocabulary扩展	Put away your ruler, because you can't measure a mite any more than you can measure a smidge, a tad, a speck, a tough, or a pinch — all English words for a tiny amount. Such words are useful when making polite requests. If someone's just barely blocking your car, you might ask them to move theirs just a mite. If you say you'll be back in just a mite, you won't keep the person waiting long.
柯林斯解释	1 [PHRASE 短语]一点点；极少量 A mite means to a small extent or degree. It is sometimes used to make a statement less extreme. [PHR adj/adv] I can't help feeling just a mite uneasy about it... 我对此不禁感到一丝不安。 I think if you were a woman you might feel a mite differently. 我想如果你是女人的话，也许会感到些许不同。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](生存在植物上或动物皮毛中的)螨 Mites are very tiny creatures that live on plants, for example, or in animals' fur. [usu pl] ...an itching skin disorder caused by parasitic mites. 寄生螨虫引起的皮肤瘙痒 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（可怜的）小孩，小家伙 If you refer to a small child as a poor little mite, you mean that you feel sorry for them. [adj N] [mainly BRIT 主英] [INFORMAL 非正式] The poor mite was so ill. 可怜的孩子病得这么重。

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