Word · Frequency #18851
Fully loadedmicrocosms
缩影;小宇宙;小世界
microcosms is the plural of microcosm.
核心释义
a miniature model of something
- 1.
作为广袤宇宙之代表的人性或人体;被视为神性或宇宙自然的缩影的人。
Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature.
- 2.
某物的微型模型
a miniature model of something
- 3.
被视为更大系统代表的小型系统。
A smaller system which is seen as representative of a larger one.
- 4.
小自然生态系统;作为实验模型的人工生态系统。
A small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model.
作为广袤宇宙之代表的人性或人体;被视为神性或宇宙自然的缩影的人。;某物的微型模型;被视为更大系统代表的小型系统。;小自然生态系统;作为实验模型的人工生态系统。;小宇宙
用法In use
This small village is a microcosm of the whole country.
用法提示:“microcosm”是名词,意为“缩影”,指小范围体现大范围特征。
The classroom can be seen as a microcosm of society.
用法提示:这里“microcosm”作名词,表示“小世界/缩影”,用“can be seen as”引出比喻。
Their family business was a microcosm of the larger economic trends.
用法提示:“microcosm”作名词,指具体事物反映宏观趋势,此处为过去时。
a microcosm of sth
of 后接被缩影的整体,常表示局部反映整体。
The market is a microcosm of the wider economy.
这个市场是更大经济体的缩影。
in microcosm
in microcosm 常放在名词后,表示“作为缩影”。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- a microcosm of society
- 社会的缩影
- A classroom can be a microcosm of society.课堂可以成为社会的缩影。
- in microcosm
- 缩影;以缩影的形式
- The street market is the whole city in microcosm.这个街市是整个城市的缩影。
- a perfect microcosm
- 完美的缩影
- The old town is a perfect microcosm of rural life.这座古城是乡村生活的完美缩影。
- represent a microcosm of
- 是…的缩影;代表…的缩影
- This case represents a microcosm of a much larger problem.这个案例是更大问题的一个缩影。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆联想:micro(微小)+ cosm 像 cosmos(宇宙),小宇宙就是世界的缩影。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:学术或文学讨论中比喻某事物是更大整体的缩影、社会、文化、历史分析中描述典型群体或社区、正式演讲或书面语中用于概括性观察 “microcosm”比较常见于正式或书面语,多用于比喻某个群体、社会或系统代表或反映更大的整体。日常口语中较少使用,若想表达“缩影”可用更常用的说法。
语法说明Grammar Note
microcosm 是可数名词,复数形式为 microcosms。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Strict rhymes: macrocosm (same stressed vowel and ending /ˌkɑzəm/). Cosmos, cosmetic, and microscope are spelling lookalikes but sound different. Sarcasm and prism end in unstressed /zəm/ with different stressed vowels, so they do not rhyme.
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