mite
n
1 [C usu sing 通常作單數(shù)]
very small or modest contribution or offering 菲薄的貢獻(xiàn)或捐助
offer a mite of comfort to sb 給某人一點(diǎn)兒安慰
give one's mite to a good cause 對一事業(yè)竭盡綿薄.
2 [C] small child or animal (usu when treated as an object of sympathy) 小孩兒, 小動物(通常為寄予同情的對象)
Poor little mite! 可憐的小家伙! mite n small spider-like creature that may be found in food, and may carry disease (可於食物中發(fā)現(xiàn)的似蜘蛛的小蟲, 能傳播疾病): `cheese-mites 乾酪蟲.
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*[mait]n. 盡綿薄之力的捐獻(xiàn), 細(xì)微, 微少, 螨【醫(yī)】 螨相關(guān)詞組: not a mite