mite /ˈmaɪt/
 盡棉薄的捐獻,細微,微少,□
 mite /ˈmaɪt/ 名詞
 壁蝨,顢
 Mite n.
 1. Zool. A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the dust mite, cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, three-toed spider mite, etc. See Acarina.
 2.  A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.  The name is also applied to a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.
    Two mites, which make a farthing.   --Mark xii. 49.
 3. A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
 4. Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
    For in effect they be not worth a myte.   --Chaucer.
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 mite
      n 1: a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a
           touch of garlic" [syn: touch, hint, tinge, pinch,
            jot, speck, soupcon]
      2: any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often
         infesting animals or plants or stored foods
 Mite
    contraction of minute, from the Latin minutum, the translation
    of the Greek word lepton, the very smallest bronze of copper
    coin (Luke 12:59; 21:2). Two mites made one quadrans, i.e., the
    fourth part of a Roman as, which was in value nearly a
    halfpenny. (See FARTHING.)