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单词 microcosm
释义
mi·cro·cosm (mīkrə-kŏzəm)
n.
A small, representative system having analogies to a larger system in constitution, configuration, or development: "He sees the auto industry as a microcosm of the U.S. itself" (William J. Hampton).

[Middle English microcosme, a human considered as a little universe, from Middle French, from Old French, from Late Latin mīcrocosmus, from Greek mīkros kosmos : mīkros, small + kosmos, world, order.]

micro·cosmic (-kŏzmĭk), micro·cosmi·cal (-mĭ-kəl) adj.
micro·cosmi·cal·ly adv.
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