mite

ダニ

クモの仲間のごく小さな動物で、植物や動物にすむ種類もある。

やさしい英語で： A very small animal related to spiders, some kinds of which live on plants or animals.

• A mite is too small to see clearly.
• Dust mites can cause allergies.
• The vet treated the rabbit for ear mites.

よく使う表現： dust mite, spider mite, mite infestation

微量、ほんの少し

ごく小さなもの、またはほんのわずかな量。

やさしい英語で： A very small thing or amount.

• Not a mite of food remained.
• She saved every little mite of thread.
• He brushed a tiny mite of dust from his sleeve.

使い方： a mite of something (There was only a mite of cheese left.)

類義語： bit, speck, scrap

よく使う表現： a tiny mite, a mite of something, every little mite