mites

英 [maɪts]

美 [maɪts]

n.  螨(状似蜘蛛的微小动物，在动植物、地毯等上生活); (可怜的)小孩子，小动物; 少量
mite的复数

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 一点点;极少量
  A mitemeans to a small extent or degree. It is sometimes used to make a statement less extreme.
  1. I can't help feeling just a mite uneasy about it...
     我对此不禁感到一丝不安。
  2. I think if you were a woman you might feel a mite differently.
     我想如果你是女人的话，也许会感到些许不同。
• N-COUNT (生存在植物上或动物皮毛中的)螨
  Mitesare very tiny creatures that live on plants, for example, or in animals' fur.
  1. ...an itching skin disorder caused by parasitic mites.
     寄生螨虫引起的皮肤瘙痒
• N-COUNT （可怜的）小孩，小家伙
  If you refer to a small child as a poor littlemite, you mean that you feel sorry for them.
  1. The poor mite was so ill.
     可怜的孩子病得这么重。

双语例句

• Other causes include organisms such as dust mites and molds.
  另外一些引起过敏的原因包括如尘螨和真菌等微生物。
• Investigation on Parasitic Gamasid Mites and Trombiculid Mites of Animals Infected with Plague in Qinghai Province
  青海省鼠疫染疫动物寄生革螨和恙螨的调查
• In 1996, two groups did field tests of genetically modified mites and worms.
  1996年有两组科学家对转基因的螨虫和蠕虫做了野外试验。
• The only discovered animals are water bears, mites, microscopic rotifers.
  能够发现的动物只有海蜘蛛、螨和微小的轮虫。
• Fleas and mites, both internal and external may contribute to the development of new allergies.
  蚤和小蜘蛛，内部和外部也许对新过敏的发展贡献。
• Studies have shown that Nasaleze significantly reduces the symptoms of allergic rhinitis and hay fever caused by pollen and dust mites.
  研究已经表明Nasaleze能显著减轻变态反应性鼻炎和枯草热的症状，枯草热是由花粉和尘螨引起的变态反应。
• Dermatophagoides farinae is one of the main pathogenic mites causing human acariasis.
  粉尘螨是人体螨病的主要病原螨之一。
• Beekeepers and scientists have suspected everything from cell-phone radiation or climate change to mites or pesticides.
  养蜂人和科学工作者们曾经怀疑许多的原因，从手机辐射、气候变迁到螨虫感染或杀虫剂。
• This article assessed the effect of different volume of water, different irrigation methods and different irrigation times on cotton spider mites.
  研究了不同灌水量、灌水方式和不同灌水时期对棉叶螨的影响。
• Farmers use it to protect crops from insects, worms and mites.
  农民用它们保护庄稼以防昆虫，蠕虫和小虫的危害。