microcosm

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmaɪ.kɹə(ʊ)ˌkɒz.əm/    美 /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌkɑz.əm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature.
    — The Christian humanists were emphatic in their demand that a man who wishes to understand himself must realize that he is a little world that reflects on a smaller scale the larger world of the universe. […] On the other hand, the whole idea of man as a microcosm was questioned by those who were not in sympathy with the Christian humanists.
  2. The human body; a person. obsolete
    — If you see this in the Map of my Microcosme, followes it that I am knowne well enough too?
  3. A smaller system which is seen as representative of a larger one.
    — Near-synonyms: epitome, paradigm, model
  4. A small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model.
    — The method is relatively labour intensive (24-30 microcosms are run) and more difficult to interpret when compared with other microcosm methods (Shannon et al. 1986; Cairns & Cherry 1993).

词形变化

microcosms plural

词汇关系

反义词
macrocosm
衍生词
heterocosm microcosmic microcosmography

词源

From French microcosme, from Latin microcosmus, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + κόσμος (kósmos, “universe, order”); micro- + -cosm.
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