| 单词 | mite |
| 释义 | mite (once / 1599 pages) 1n 2n Mite is one of many words for a very small amount, like a bit and a jot. A mite is teeny-weeny and itty-bitty. It's not much at all. Put away your ruler, because you can't measure a mite any more than you can measure a smidge, a tad, a speck, a tough, or a pinch — all English words for a tiny amount. Such words are useful when making polite requests. If someone's just barely blocking your car, you might ask them to move theirs just a mite. If you say you'll be back in just a mite, you won't keep the person waiting long. WORD FAMILYmite: mites USAGE EXAMPLESIts youngest level is the Mites division, which is open to first and second graders. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Other studies, many backed by industry, pointed to the varroa mite, and some saw both factors at play. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) The presumption that because you love a partner you’ll unreservedly love their offspring has always seemed a mite unrealistic to me. The Guardian(Nov 27, 2016) 1 n any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods 2Hypo|Hyper web-spinning mite a mite that spins a web acaridvery small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks trombidiidmite that in all stages feeds on other arthropods trombiculidmite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates acarus, genus Acarusany of several mites of the order Acarina itch mite, sarcoptidwhitish mites that attack the skin of humans and other animals rust miteany of several varieties of mite that burrow into plants and cause a reddish-brown discoloration on the leaves or fruit spider mite, tetranychidweb-spinning mite that attacks garden plants and fruit trees chigger, harvest mite, jigger, redbuglarval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation Panonychus ulmi, red spider, red spider mitesmall web-spinning mite; a serious orchard pest acarine mite or tick n a slight but appreciable amount Syn|Hypo|Hyper hint, jot, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch snuff a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude |
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