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

• Objective To investigate the distribution of gamasid mites and chigger mites on rodents in Sanduao island of Fujian.
  目的调查福建省三都澳岛鼠体外革螨及恙螨的分布情况。
• 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。
• Mites form one of the most important and complex communities of arthropods in tea plantations.
  螨类是茶园生态系统中重要且复杂的类群之一。
• 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。
• The new primers designed are highly specific and sensitive in detection of the two mites.
  新设计的引物用于两种尘螨的检测有较好的特异性和敏感性。
• As the dogs and cats immune system creates antibodies to the fleas and mites, it may also develop sensitivities to other environmental substances.
  当狗和猫免疫系统创造抗体对蚤和小蜘蛛，它也许并且开发敏感性对其它环境物质。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Rhinitis is a good example of how mites can cause and trigger chronic allergic disease.
  作为螨虫如何触发引起慢性变态反应性疾病的实例，鼻炎是一个极好的例子。