1705, "small (not capital) letter;" as an adjective, "small," from 1727 (in printing; general sense of "extremely small" by 1893), from French minuscule (17c.), from Latin minuscula, in minuscula littera "slightly smaller letter," fem. of minusculus "rather less, rather small," diminutive of minus "less" (see minus). Related: Minuscular.
雙語例句
1. The film was shot in 17 days, a minuscule amount of time.
這部電影僅用短短的17天便拍攝完畢。
來自辭典例句
2. The next few years are only a minuscule part of the equation.
今后的幾年只是其中很短的一段時間.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. The human race only a minuscule portion of the earth's history.
人類只有占有極小部分地球歷史.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. As things stand, Hong Kong's renminbi banking system is minuscule.