adj (1)極小(少)的(extremely small in size，amount，degree)：～grains of salt/particles of gold dust/amounts of fluoride/quantities of lead/representations of plants and animals 微小鹽粒/微小金砂粒/微量氟化物/微量鉛/動(dòng)植物微雕;～differences/happenings/organisms極小差別/極小事件/微生物;The glass vase fell to the stone floor and broke into the～est pieces.玻璃花瓶掉在了石頭地面上，摔得粉碎。〖同〗little，tiny;〖反〗huge，vast，great;
(2)極詳細(xì)(縝密，精確)的(concerned with tiny details;precise)：～care 入微的關(guān)懷;a～observer 細(xì)心的觀察者;～researches 縝密的研究;a～examination/inspection/description詳細(xì)調(diào)查/認(rèn)真檢查/細(xì)致描寫;a～study of blood/bacteria/the illness仔細(xì)研究血液/仔細(xì)檢查細(xì)菌/認(rèn)真研究這種疾病;The old man remembered in～detail every thing that had happened.老人對(duì)所發(fā)生的一切記得清清楚楚?！纪絚lose，detailed，careful，exact;〖反〗general，rough;
→′minutely adv 詳細(xì)地;′minuteness n 細(xì)小，詳細(xì)