microcosm
英 ['ma?kr?(?)k?z(?)m]
美 ['ma?krokɑz?m]
- n. 微觀世界；小宇宙；作為宇宙縮影的人類；縮圖（等于microcosmos）
助記提示
1、micro- + cosm-.
2、literally "miniature world".
中文詞源
microcosm 微觀世界micro-,微小的，-cosm,世界，詞源同macrocosm,cosmetic.
英文詞源
- microcosm (n.)
- c. 1200, mycrocossmos (modern form from early 15c.), "human nature, man viewed as the epitome of creation," literally "miniature world," from Middle French microcosme and in earliest use directly from Medieval Latin microcosmus, from Greek mikros "small" (see mica) + kosmos "world" (see cosmos). General sense of "a community constituting a world unto itself" is attested from 1560s. Related: Microcosmic. A native expression in the same sense was petty world (c. 1600).
雙語例句
- 1. The family is a microcosm of society.
- 家庭是社會的縮影。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. This historical novel illustrates the breaking up of feudal society in microcosm.
- 這部歷史小說是走向崩潰的封建社會的縮影.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. Kitchell says the city was a microcosm of all American culture during the '60s.
- 基切爾說這個城市曾經是20世紀60年代整個美國文化的縮影。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The macrocosm of the universe is mirrored in the microcosm of the mind.
- 心靈天地是萬千宇宙的縮影。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. In many respects, Mahan's story is that of the Asian community in microcosm.
- 從許多方面來說，馬漢的經歷就是亞裔團體的經歷的縮影。
來自辭典例句