单词	microcosm
释义	microcosmmi‧cro‧cos‧m /ˈmaɪkrəʊkɒzəm $ -kroʊkɑː-/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINmicrocosm Origin: 1100-1200 Medieval Latin microcosmus, from Greek mikros kosmos ‘small world’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS In the beginning, ecologists built simple mathematical models and simple laboratory microcosms. It was a fantastic microcosm, full of humour and savagery. New Hampshire is hardly a microcosm of the United States. The family is a microcosm of social existence for which our young are pre-adapted. The final game was the series in microcosm. The state has become a microcosm of the economic change that has gripped the nation. The wall is a microcosm of a city where art well and truly thrived. a small group, society, or place that has the same qualities as a much larger one → macrocosmmicrocosm of New York’s mix of people is a microcosm of America.in microcosm All the problems of society can be seen here in microcosm.—microcosmic /ˌmaɪkrəʊˈkɒzmɪk $ -kroʊˈkɑːz-/ adjective:  the forces which we see at work on a microcosmic scale
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