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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary mi·cro·cosm \\ˈmī-krə-ˌkä-zəm\\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Medieval Latin microcosmus,modification of Greek mikros kosmos DATE 15th century 1. a little world; especially : the human race or human nature seen as an epitome of the world or the universe 2. a community or other unity that is an epitome of a larger unity • mi·cro·cos·mic \\ˌmī-krə-ˈkäz-mik\\ adjective • mi·cro·cos·mi·cal·ly \\-mi-k(ə-)lē\\ adverb • • • - in microcosm English Etymology microcosm 1426, "human nature, man viewed as the epitome of creation," lit."miniature world," from M.Fr . microcosme, from M.L.microcosmus, from Gk. mikros "small" + kosmos "world" (see cosmos). General sense of "a community constituting a world unto itself" is attested from 1526.http://M.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 microcosm micro·cosm / 5maikrEukCzEm; NAmE -kroukB:z- / noun a thing, a place or a group that has all the features and qualities of sth much larger 缩影；具体而微者: The family is a microcosm of society. 家庭是社会的缩影。 ⇨ compare macrocosm IDIOMS ▪ in microcosm on a small scale 小规模地: The developments in this town represent in microcosm what is happening in the country as a whole. 这座城镇的发展以小见大,体现了整个国家的发展。 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged mi·cro·cosm \ˈmīkrəˌkäzəm\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English microcosme, mycrocossmos, microcosmus, from Medieval Latin microcosmus, alteration (influenced by Latin micro- micr-) of Greek mikros kosmos, from mikros small + kosmos order, universe — more at micr- 1. : a little world : a miniature universe < the microcosm of the atom grows constantly richer in content and interest — Scientific American Reader > 2. : man or human nature believed to be an epitome of the world or the universe < man is a microcosm, not in the natural sense, but in the historical sense, a compendium of universal history — Encore > — contrasted with macrocosm 3. : a community, institution, or other unity believed to be an epitome of a larger unity (as a nation or the world) < a set of characters, from all levels of the town's microcosm — Anthony Boucher > < the boardinghouse was a microcosm of a larger world — Van Wyck Brooks > < poetry is a discovery of microcosms, of representative worlds — C.S.Kilby > < when the battle is a microcosm of the entire conflict — T.C.Chubb > < a sunken ship is a microcosm of the civilization that launched it — A.C.Clarke > • - in microcosm |
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