柯林斯詞典microcosm /?ma?kr???k?z?m/ (microcosms) 1. N-COUNT A microcosm is a small society, place, or activity which has all the typical features of a much larger one and so seems like a smaller version of it. 社會的縮影[正式] [oft N 'of' n, also 'in' N] Kitchell says the city was a microcosm of all American culture during the '60s. 基切爾說這個城市曾經(jīng)是60年代所有美國文化的一個縮影。 返回 microcosm劍橋詞典a small place , society , or situation that has the same characteristics as something much larger 縮影；微觀世界 The audience was selected to create a microcosm of American society . 觀衆(zhòng)是經(jīng)過選擇的，以把美國社會各堦層人士都納入其中。 比較macrocosm 返回 microcosm