minuscule

minuscule
[ˈmɪnəskjuːl]
adjective
  1. extremely small; tiny
    非常小的，微小的
    a minuscule fragment of DNA.
    极小的DNA片断。
    ■(informal)so small as to be negligible or insufficient
    (非正式)小得可忽略不计的；微不足道的
    he believed the risk of infection was minuscule.
    他相信感染的危险是极小的。
  2. of or in lower-case letters, as distinct from capitals or uncials
    （字母）小写的
    ■of or in a small cursive script of the Roman alphabet, with ascenders and descenders, developed in the 7th century ad
    罗马花体小写字母的
noun
  1. [mass noun]minuscule script
    小写字体
    ■[count noun]a small or lower-case letter
    小写字母
派生
minuscular
[mɪˈnʌskjʊlə]
adjective
语源
  1. early 18th cent.: from French, from Latin minuscula (littera) 'somewhat smaller (letter')
用法
  1. The correct spelling is minuscule rather than miniscule. The latter is a common error, which has arisen by analogy with other words beginning with mini-, where the meaning is similarly ‘very small’
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