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 tiny ['taini]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 很少的, 微小的



    tiny
    tinier, tiniest
    [ adj ]
    very small
    <adj.all>
    diminutive in staturea lilliputian chest of drawers
    her petite figure
    tiny feet
    the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy


    Tiny \Ti"ny\, a. [Compar. {Tinier}; superl. {Tiniest}.]
    [Probably fr. tine, teen, trouble, distress, vexation.]
    Very small; little; puny.

    When that I was and a little tiny boy. --Shak.

    1. The last tiny dusky died of old age in June in a specially designed environment on Discovery Island, a Walt Disney World zoological park primarily for birds.
    2. About 400 people marched through the center of Rome in a commemoration organized by Italy's tiny, maverick Radical Party.
    3. Red cells can't be right now." Despite screening, a tiny risk remains of getting AIDS from a transfusion.
    4. The fighting violated a shaky cease-fire that was called May 17 to halt more than four months of intra-Christian clashes for dominance of a tiny enclave northeast of Beirut.
    5. One tiny village, Magny le Hongre, now has a population of 350 locals and 800 young newcomers. Since April 1 more than 1,000 staff have left.
    6. The unpredictable flow has encircled this tiny coastal town, and scientists said lava could overrun what's left of the community within days.
    7. Radio System Bounces Data off Meteor Trails BROADCOM, a tiny New Jersey company, is commercializing stardust.
    8. Its main concern is Thurmond Stottle, a one-time high school football hero in the tiny town of Stanley, Texas.
    9. Less-invasive, or endoscopic, surgery involves using tiny instruments and optical devices that eliminate the need for major incisions.
    10. Equities have not been providing the established brokers with a high life of late and the banks' subsidiaries would have had a hard time eking out a living on the stock market. But the tiny plot they have been allowed to cultivate has been a fertile one.
    11. An eight-member military panel is hearing the case in a tiny base courtroom.
    12. Crammed into tiny seats, unable to move and urged to keep safety belts on at all times, we were served the pitiful snacks that have replaced those unwholesome meals of yesteryear.
    13. Today, the mummified fetus is so popular a tourist attraction that it has its own tiny case.
    14. But that represents a tiny fraction of the development in most areas, Austin said.
    15. Others emphasized, however, that the overall number of junk bonds held by most investors remains only a tiny percentage of their portfolios.
    16. Neither are hundreds of other tiny museums around the country that thousands of people visit and enjoy.
    17. It may seem like a joke that tiny states, surviving largely on the sale of postage stamps or on quirky tax laws attracting visitors to cheap, duty-free shopping, take their place in such a lofty forum.
    18. A growing number of companies, including the Baby Bells, plan to erect networks to provide similar service to customers using tiny pocket phones.
    19. His face was downcast and his shoulders hunched during much of the service, and his wife cried when they followed the tiny casket out of the church.
    20. It happens when small prices are raised by small amounts, and when big prices are raised by seemingly tiny percentages.
    21. For Merck, Mevacor is the culmination of almost 10 years of research begun with the discovery of a tiny molecule in a bit of fungus back when the importance of fighting cholesterol was still unproved.
    22. The NRC is on solid ground in reasserting its authority, which is based on many years of detailed study of the tiny risks and large benefits associated with nuclear power.
    23. Jerry Kathman, partner at Libby Perszyx Kathman, a Cincinnati package-design firm, says that in these shops-within-a-store he has seen cases "time and time again" when a tiny, anonymous label outproduced traditional packaging.
    24. Many residents used picks or bare hands to dig through the rubble that remained where their tiny concrete and tin houses had stood.
    25. Marckesano said many mid-sized carriers such as Midway, which compete with the majors and the tiny commuter lines, are facing turbulent times and could be swallowed up.
    26. In this show the best example of that tradition is Zoe Enright's "Postage Rose," a large rose design built of tiny calico squares and quilted in a circular, flowerlike design.
    27. For years pharmacist Edward Kilkeary used arthritis medication, saline solution and sterilizing equipment to whip up hundreds of tiny bottles of specially prescribed eye drops for cataract patients.
    28. A tiny dot of light had moved an eighth of an inch.
    29. In fact, France has effectively raised Dollars 19bn in advance by selling 'Balladur bonds' which can be converted into future privatisation stocks. In eastern Europe the sums involved are comparatively tiny but the implications are much more profound.
    30. Only 3.8 percent of all Japanese companies, in most cases tiny entrepreneurships or family businesses, are headed by women, according to Tokyo Shoko Research, a private research institute.
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