Microcosm
['maɪkrə(ʊ)kɒz(ə)m] or ['maɪkrokɑzəm]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. Opposed to macrocosm.
手打:波莱特
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Little world, the world in miniature, the world in little, epitome of the universe.
杰罗姆錄入
解釋/意思:
n. a little universe or world: (often applied to) man who was regarded by ancient philosophers as a model or epitome of the universe.—adjs. Microcos′mic -al pertaining to the microcosm.—n. Microcosmog′raphy.
手打:路德维格
例句/造句/用法:
- The favorite notion of the time was that man was in microcosm that which the universe was in macrocosm. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Peering into the invisible little world, the infinite secrets of microcosm have yielded their fruitful and potent knowledge of bacteria and cell growth. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
手打:朱迪