mite
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/maɪt/
🇬🇧
/maɪt/
A tiny bug that lives in dirt, on plants, animals, or in your house, like in carpets.
I read that mattresses can have thousands of mites living in them.
我讀到床墊裡可能住著成千上萬的蟎蟲。
A very small or young child or animal that makes you feel pity.
The tiny kitten was a shivering mite, alone in the rain.
這只小小的小貓是一隻在雨中獨自顫抖的小蟲。
A word used to say something is slightly or a little bit so.
It felt just a mite colder today than yesterday.
今天感覺比昨天冷那麼一點點。
A little amount of something.
Could you turn up the volume just a mite?
你能把音量再開大一點點嗎?