mite

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n. 尽绵薄之力的捐献, 细微, 微少, 螨 [医] 螨

发音

US /maɪt/
UK /maɪt/

词形变化

mites 复数 mites

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acari (syn. Acarina).

    螨

  2. 2.

    A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.

  3. 3.

    A lepton, a small coin used in Judea in the time of Christ.

  4. 4.

    A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.

  5. 5.

    Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.

    a mite

  6. 6.

    A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal.

    非正式
v.
  1. 1.

    Eye dialect spelling of might.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

touch hint pinch speck jot tinge soupcon

上位词 1

acarine

下位词 10

snuff acarid acarus itch mite rust mite sarcoptid spider mite tetranychid trombiculid trombidiid

相关短语

mite cheese mite box [网络] 螨盒 mite boxes oral mite anaphylaxis rabbit ear mite harvest mite [医] 秋о widow's mite 少而可贵的捐献 dust mite 尘螨 cheese mite 乳酪螨 gall mite 瘿螨 peacock mite beetle mite rust mite 锈螨; 锈蜘蛛 eyelash mite flour mite [医] 粉螨, 蛘螨

词源

From Middle English mite, from Old English mīte (“mite, tiny insect”), from Proto-West Germanic *mītā, from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”) or *meh₂y- (“to cut”). Akin to Old High German mīza (“mite”), Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), Dutch mijt (“moth, mite”), Danish mide (“mite”).

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