英语词汇“microcosm”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	microcosm
释义	mi·cro·cosm \ˈmīkrəˌkäzəm\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English microcosme, mycrocossmos, microcosmus, from Medieval Latin microcosmus, alteration (influenced by Latin micro- micr-) of Greek mikros kosmos, from mikros small + kosmos order, universe — more at micr- 1. : a little world : a miniature universe < the microcosm of the atom grows constantly richer in content and interest — Scientific American Reader > 2. : man or human nature believed to be an epitome of the world or the universe < man is a microcosm, not in the natural sense, but in the historical sense, a compendium of universal history — Encore > — contrasted with macrocosm 3. : a community, institution, or other unity believed to be an epitome of a larger unity (as a nation or the world) < a set of characters, from all levels of the town's microcosm — Anthony Boucher > < the boardinghouse was a microcosm of a larger world — Van Wyck Brooks > < poetry is a discovery of microcosms, of representative worlds — C.S.Kilby > < when the battle is a microcosm of the entire conflict — T.C.Chubb > < a sunken ship is a microcosm of the civilization that launched it — A.C.Clarke > • - in microcosm
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