minuscule

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++min·us·cule /ˈmɪnəskjuːl/ adjective  SMALLextremely small 极小的 SYN minute a minuscule amount of food 极少量的食物 Her office is minuscule. 她的办公室非常小。► see thesaurus at small

Examples from the Corpus

minuscule• Compared to its adult size, a new-born kangaroo is minuscule.• The chances of getting the disease are minuscule.• But the pay was low most of the classes met in the evening, and the traveling allowance was minuscule.• The amount of money the Forest Service and Game and Fish put into sheep management was minuscule.• The pool was surrounded by bronzed girls wearing minuscule bikinis.• This bloody action-comedy achieved notoriety because writer / director Robert Rodriguez made the film without studio help on a minuscule budget.• It was really a bedsitter, but had an attached bathroom, an electric kettle and a minuscule electric stove.• She said the chances of siblings marrying are minuscule if the number of sperm donations are kept low.• In fact, so bizarre are these minuscule penile structures that boffins will often rely on them to tell various insects apart.• Stanford experienced only a minuscule profit last year as well.Origin minuscule (1700-1800) French Latin minusculus “rather small”, from minor “smaller”

min·us·cule adjectiveChineseSyllable  

Corpus extremely small

minuscule
min‧us‧cule /ˈmɪnəskjuːl, ˈmɪnɪskjuːl/ adjectiveextremely small
   SYN  minute:
    a minuscule amount of food
    Her office is minuscule.
     

THESAURUS

■ very small
   ▪ tiny very small – used about objects, numbers, or amounts: a tiny island | Dairy foods provide your body with a tiny amount of vitamin D.
   ▪ teeny informal very small - used for emphasis: I'll just have a teeny bit of cream. | There's just one teeny little problem. | a teeny little house
   ▪ minute extremely small and extremely difficult to see or notice: They found minute traces of poison in his body. | The differences are minute. | minute creatures
   ▪ miniature a miniature camera, watch, railway etc is made in a very small size. A miniature horse, dog etc is bred to be a very small size: The spy used a miniature camera. | the fashion for miniature pets
   ▪ microscopic extremely small and impossible to see without special equipment: microscopic organisms | microscopic particles of dust
   ▪ minuscule /ˈmɪnəskjuːl, ˈmɪnɪskjuːl/ extremely small in a surprising way: She was wearing a minuscule bikini. | The threat from terrorism is minuscule compared to other risks in our lives.
   ▪ itty-bitty/itsy-bitsy [only before noun] American English informal very small: An itty-bitty little bug crawled across his forehead. | We stayed at some itty-bitty hotel in a back street.

min·us·culeBrE /ˈmɪnəskjuːl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmɪnəskjuːl/ 🔊 adjectiveextremely small 极小的；微小的