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mite

英 [maɪt] 美 [maɪt]

英汉释义

n. 小虫，螨；（可怜的）小孩儿，小动物；微粒，微小的东西；少量，极小量；小硬币

adv. （非正式）一点儿，稍许

[ 复数 mites ]

英英释义

1. N-COUNT Mites are very tiny creatures that live on plants, for example, or in animals' fur. (生活在植物或动物皮毛中的) 螨

例：

...an itching skin disorder caused by parasitic mites.

…寄生螨虫引起的一种皮肤瘙痒病。

2. N-COUNT a very small particle, creature, or object 微粒; 微小的生物(或物体)

图片记忆

记忆方法

1.mite（螨停）—》小虫，极小量
2. 谐音“迷(Mini)特”-----特别的迷你-----特别的小。

词源记忆

【中文词源】：

来自古英语mite,小虫，螨，来自Proto-Germanic*mai,砍，切，词源同maim,mangle.字面意思即小剪刀。

【英语词源】：

mite: English has two words mite, although they probably share a common origin. The older, ‘tiny insect-like creature’ [OE], goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *mītōn, which was probably derived from a base meaning ‘cut’ (hence ‘something cut up small’). Dutch has the related mijt. The original meaning of mite ‘small thing’ [14] was ‘small coin’ (as in the ‘widow’s mite’). It was used in Flanders for such a coin, worth a third of a penny, and Middle Dutch mīte was borrowed into English. It too goes back to a Germanic mītōn, which is probably the same word as produced the animated mite.