microcosm
美音:[´maıkrə´kɔzəm
]
英音:[´maıkrə´kɔzəm
]
n.微观世界
难易程度:
microcosm为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:microcosmically 形容词:microcosmic
词根
cosm＝universe（宇宙） 变化型 cosmo
近义词, 同义词
littleness smallness exiguity microcosm vanishing point thinness reduction diminution decrease contraction
相关词
microcosm
/'maɪkrəʊkɒzəm; `maɪkrə,kɑzəm/
n
1 thing or being regarded as representing the universe, or mankind, on a small scale; miniature representation (of a system, etc) 小天地; 小宇宙; 微观世界; 缩影
*Man is a microcosm of the whole of mankind. 人是全人类的缩影.
* This town is a microcosm of our world. 这个市镇是我们这个世界的缩影. Cf 参看 macrocosm.
2 (idm 习语) in microcosm in miniature; on a small scale 以缩影的形式; 小规模
*This small island contains the whole of nature in microcosm. 这个小岛包含着小而完整的自然界.
n
1 thing or being regarded as representing the universe, or mankind, on a small scale; miniature representation (of a system, etc) 小天地; 小宇宙; 微观世界; 缩影
*Man is a microcosm of the whole of mankind. 人是全人类的缩影.
* This town is a microcosm of our world. 这个市镇是我们这个世界的缩影. Cf 参看 macrocosm.
2 (idm 习语) in microcosm in miniature; on a small scale 以缩影的形式; 小规模
*This small island contains the whole of nature in microcosm. 这个小岛包含着小而完整的自然界.
microcosm
n[C]
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Medieval Latin;Origin: microcosmus, from Greek mikros kosmos 'small world']
a small group, society, or place that has the same qualities as a much larger one
→macrocosmmicrocosm of
New York's mix of people is a microcosm of America.
in microcosm
All the problems of society can be seen here in microcosm.
>microcosmic [,maɪkrəu'kɔzmɪk (US) -krou'kɑːz-/
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Medieval Latin;Origin: microcosmus, from Greek mikros kosmos 'small world']
a small group, society, or place that has the same qualities as a much larger one
→macrocosmmicrocosm of
New York's mix of people is a microcosm of America.
in microcosm
All the problems of society can be seen here in microcosm.
>microcosmic [,maɪkrəu'kɔzmɪk (US) -krou'kɑːz-/
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