tiny

• adj. 微小的；很少的
• n. (Tiny)人名；(葡、印)蒂尼

可能來自 tine,尖刺，-y,形容詞後綴。引申詞義極小的，微小的。

tiny (adj.)

1590s, from tyne "very small" (c. 1400, perhaps from tine) + -y (2).

1. Investment remains tiny primarily because of the exorbitant cost of land.

投資仍然微乎其微，主要原因在於土地成本過高。

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2. The lungs are in fact constructed of thousands of tiny tubes.

肺實際上由上千條細微的氣管構成。

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3. The current national poster child is a tiny, freckle-faced redhead.

現在的那個全國廣告代言人個頭不高，紅頭發，臉上有雀斑。

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4. The goldfish swam round and round in their tiny bowls.

金魚在小小的魚缸裏一圈圈地遊來遊去。

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5. The Martian atmosphere contains only tiny amounts of water.

火星的大氣層中隻含有極少量的水。

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