| 释义 |
‖ scintilla|sɪnˈtɪlə|
[L.]
A spark; always fig., a minute particle, an atom.
1692T. Watson Body of Div. 434 God takes notice of the least scintilla, the least spark of grace in his Children. a1734North Examen iii. ix. §11 (1740) 655 Such was the Disposition..in most People, upon a Scintilla of Evidence, to conclude the King was a Papist. 1851Helps Comp. Solit. xii. (1874) 229 They are daring words,..but they have a scintilla of truth in them. 1887T. A. Trollope What I remember III. xxii. 324 She expressed herself..accurately..but without a scintilla of animation. |