atomy
n. 微粒, 微小之物, 矮人
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释义与例句
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A tiny particle; an atom, a mote, a speck.
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2.
A tiny particle; an atom, a mote, a speck.
A floating mote or speck of dust.
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3.
A tiny particle; an atom, a mote, a speck.
The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something; an atom.
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A very small being; a mite.
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A skeleton.
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A person who is very emaciated or thin; a skeleton.
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Chiefly in the works of the English author Charles Dickens (1812–1870): a thing which is very slender and weak.
比喻 废旧
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Made up of tiny particles.
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Resembling a tiny particle; atomlike.
词源
A variant of atomi, the plural of atomus (“hypothetical particle posited as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter; mote of dust in a sunbeam”) treated as a singular form. Atomus is derived from Latin atomus, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”, adjective), from ᾰ̓- (ă-, prefix forming terms having an opposite sense) + τομ- (tom-) (stem of τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- (“to cut”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming nouns of action or result). Doublet of atom.
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