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A mite is two things. (1) A tiny bug, too small to see clearly, that lives in dust, on skin, or on plants and animals — 'dust mite' is common in allergy talk. (2) In British English, 'a mite' also means 'a little bit' or 'slightly', used before an adjective — 'a mite tired' means a little bit tired. This second use is a bit old-fashioned.
(名詞)蟎、小蟲;(英式口語)一點點、有點
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Mitename
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A minor river in Cumbria, England, which joins the Cumbrian Esk and River Irt near Ravenglass.
mitenoun/maɪt/
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Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acari (syn. Acarina).
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A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.
- One mite wrung from the lab'rer's hands Shall buy and sell the miser's lands;
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A lepton, a small coin used in Judea in the time of Christ.
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A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
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Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
- a mite
- It takes a thousand men to invent a telegraph, or a steam engine, or a phonograph, or a photograph, or a telephone or any other important thing — and the last man gets the credit and we forget the others. He added his little mite — that is all he did.
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A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal.
- Today's children at Christmas-time take a cast-off toy to the Toy Service held in many churches, and it is a pretty sight to watch those tiny mites clutching their toys and parting from them.j
- “Tom told me that, but twasn't your fault, the little mite just couldn't wait to be born that's all.” A small smile played on Leah's lips.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。