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单词 mite
释义
mite
noun
uk
/maɪt/us
/maɪt/

mitenoun(ANIMAL)

[C]
a verysmallanimalsimilarto aspider:
螨
aredspidermite红叶螨
picture of mite
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  • dust mite
  • housefly
  • insect
  • jigger
  • ladybird
  • lice
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mitenoun(CHILD)

[C]informalmainlyUKorold-fashionedUS
ayoungchild,especiallyonedeservingsympathy:
（常指因生病或饥饿而应受怜爱的）小孩
Poor little mite, helookssotired.可怜的小家伙，他看上去很累。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
a child
  • childWhen I was a child the summers seemed to go on for ever.
  • boyThere's a new boy in my class.
  • girlThe girl's name is Sally.
  • kidI'm off to pick up the kids from school.
  • kiddieI saw her with a little kiddie in a pushchair.
  • little oneThe little ones must be hungry by now.
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  • diddums
  • pacifier
  • papoose
  • perisher
  • pest
  • potty
  • toilet-trained
  • tomboy
  • tot
  • tyke
  • urchin
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mitenoun(SMALL AMOUNT)

[S]old-fashioned
a verysmallamount:
少量，一点点
I couldn'teatanother mite.我一点儿也吃不下了。
a miteold-fashionedinformal
slightly:
一点儿；稍许，几分
Heseemeda miteembarrassed.他似乎有点儿尴尬。
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Words meaning small pieces and amounts
  • by a noseidiom
  • clipping
  • crumb
  • dab
  • dash
  • dollop
  • grain
  • hint
  • paring
  • peewee
  • pinch
  • potsherd
  • ray
  • skinny
  • spark
  • tad
  • thimbleful
  • tidbit
  • tiddler
  • titbit
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(Definition ofmitefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmite

mite
Rats, including the ears, were examined for ectoparasites (fleas, lice, mites and ticks) and collected by fine-toothcombing.
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Secondly, ballooning spider mites are strongly polyphagous and widely distributed in many types of habitats.
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The volatile blend induced in ginkgo by jasmonic acid was slightly attractive to predatory mites.
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As a direct result of this loss the scales shrink slightly, air-pockets thickly populated with mites are formed, and the whole bulb becomes flaccid.
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The species composition and the numbers of individuals and species of oribatid mites in the litter were affected by the size of the ferns.
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However, the low parasite intensity in this species makes the method unsuitable for growth of mites intended for the preparation of larger batches of antigen.
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The high frequency of application of insecticides has often resulted in the emergence of insects and mites resistant to the active ingredient.
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In spider mites, the ancestral state for the use of silk seems to have been to protect egg masses.
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Feeding of the mites in this zone apparently causes physical damage so that as newly formed tissues expand, the surface becomes necrotic and suberized.
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There is also a discussion of the possible mutualisms between mites and their animal or plant habitats which is most enlightening.
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The mites congregate in numbers, principally in the vicinity of the bulb neck.
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The marks are made by those mites which congregate at these points almost immediately upon the bulbs first being subjected to artificial heat.
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Down these crevices the mites gradually work, almost always in narrow vertical strips, and their activities produce the quite definite streaks upon the scale walls.
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The dissection of females bearing more than 10 mites disclosed the absence of the fat-body and a pronounced under-development or other abnormalities of the ovary.
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There are theories not involving infection, including the theory invoking allergy to synthetic detergent, that suggesting antigenicity to mites, and that suggesting allergy to mercury.
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