- 1aB1/ˈtaɪni/微小的
Extremely small.
示範例句 · Example
A tiny ant carried a crumb across the table.
逐字一隻微小的螞蟻搬著一塊麵包屑走過桌子。
「tiny」是「非常非常小」，比 small 更強——small 只是「小」，tiny 是「小到幾乎看不見、要瞇眼才看得清楚」。可以用在實際的東西（a tiny insect 一隻小蟲），也可以用在抽象的量（a tiny bit sad 有一點點難過）。它的反義詞是 huge（巨大）。
常見搭配
a tiny bit
一點點
a very small amount
Add just a tiny bit of salt.
a tiny minority/number
極少數
a very small group or count
Only a tiny minority disagreed.
a tiny little ...
小小的
an emphatic way to say something is very small
Look at that tiny little kitten!
core核心畫面
Tiny can be pictured as small pushed to its limit — not just small, but so small it almost disappears.
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Tinyname
- 1
A township in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
- 2
An unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, United States.
- 3
A nickname.
tinyadj/ˈtaɪni/
- 1
Very small.
- Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.
tinynoun/ˈtaɪni/
- 1
A small child; an infant.
- ‘You know I loved your husband like a brother, and you know I've loved you and Sylvia ever since she was a tiny.’
- The lessons we saw have been well suited to the age of the children as regards music, singing and moving (and stories about animals for the tinies and more abstract themes for the older children).
- 2
Anything very small.
- Might I now add a plea for the smaller irises, the tinies? They, also, should be divided up and replanted just now.
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