mite

英 [maɪt]

美 [maɪt]

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

复数：mites　

Collins.1 / BNC.12311 / COCA.12112

牛津词典

noun

螨（状似蜘蛛的微小动物，在动植物、地毯等上生活）
a very small creature like a spider that lives on plants, animals, carpets, etc.
1. house dust mites
  房内的粉尘螨
（可怜的）小孩子，小动物
a small child or animal, especially one that you feel sorry for
1. Poor little mite!
  可怜的小家伙！
少量
a small amount of sth
1. The place looked a mite (= a little) expensive.
  这地方看上去稍微有点儿贵。

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。

noun

any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
a slight but appreciable amount
1. this dish could use a touch of garlic
Synonym:touchhinttingepinchjotspecksoupcon

A big problem, for example, is the varroa mite, a deadly parasite.
例如，最大的问题就是瓦螨&一种致死性寄生虫。
Objective To evaluate the efficiency of the sublingual mite desensitization solution to asthmatic children.
目的观察舌下含服螨脱敏疗法在儿童哮喘防治中的辅助治疗作用。
Poor little mite, he looks so tired.
可怜的小家伙，他看上去很累了。
Conclusions: The structures of gamasid mite communities are complicated, with high diversity indices.
结论：主要鼠种体外寄生革螨群落结构复杂，生物多样性指数较高。
I admit to feeling a mite sentimental as she crossed the threshold.
我承认，她跨过门槛的当儿我有几分伤感。
Larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation.
幼小的螨，吸包括人在内的脊椎动物的血并引起奇痒。
I think he was a mite annoyed.
我想他是有点儿生气了。
Web-spinning mite that attacks garden plants and fruit trees.
织网的螨虫，损害庭园植物和果树。
Mite that in all stages feeds on other arthropods.
在整个生命期都以其它节肢动物为食的螨类。
Sequence Analysis and Phylogenetic Relationships of 11 Mite Isolates Based on ITS-2 Gene
11株螨虫分离株的ITS-2序列分析与系统关系研究