c. 1200, mycrocossmos (modern form from early 15c.), "human nature, man viewed as the epitome of creation," literally "miniature world," from Middle French microcosme and in earliest use directly from Medieval Latin microcosmus, from Greek mikros "small" (see mica) + kosmos "world" (see cosmos). General sense of "a community constituting a world unto itself" is attested from 1560s. Related: Microcosmic. A native expression in the same sense was petty world (c. 1600).
中文解释
1、micro- + cosm-.2、literally "miniature world".
实用例句
1. The family is a microcosm of society.
家庭是社会的缩影。
来自《权威词典》
2. This historical novel illustrates the breaking up of feudal society in microcosm.
这部历史小说是走向崩溃的封建社会的缩影.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3. Kitchell says the city was a microcosm of all American culture during the '60s.
基切尔说这个城市曾经是20世纪60年代整个美国文化的缩影。
来自柯林斯例句
4. The macrocosm of the universe is mirrored in the microcosm of the mind.
心灵天地是万千宇宙的缩影。
来自柯林斯例句
5. In many respects, Mahan's story is that of the Asian community in microcosm.
