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minors

/mahy-ner/US // ˈmaɪ nər //UK // (ˈmaɪnə) //

未成年人,未成年

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lesser, as in size, extent, or importance, or being or noting the lesser of two: a minor share.
    • : not serious, important, etc.: a minor wound; a minor role.
    • : having low rank, status, position, etc.: a minor official.
    • : under the legal age of full responsibility.
    • : Education. of or relating to a field of study constituting a student's minor.
    • : Music. smaller by a chromatic half step than the corresponding major interval. having a minor third between the root and the note next above it.
    • : of or relating to the minority.
    • : being the younger or lower in standing: Jackson Minor sits over here.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
    • : a person of inferior rank or importance in a specified group, class, etc.
    • : Education. a subject or a course of study pursued by a student, especially a candidate for a degree, subordinately or supplementarily to a major or principal subject or course.a subject for which less credit than a major is granted in college or, occasionally, in high school.
    • : Music. a minor interval, chord, scale, etc.
    • : Mathematics. the determinant of the matrix formed by crossing out the row and column containing a given element in a matrix.
    • : Friar Minor.
    • : the minors, Sports. the minor leagues.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to choose or study as a secondary academic subject or course: to major in sociology and minor in art history.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.insignificant, small

Examples

  • After Backstrom’s tally, things got heated, with Wilson being called for a two-minute minor for interference after his late shoulder-to-chest hit on Mark Jankowski.

  • A simpler approach, he believes, will get him back to the mechanics he thrived with in the minors.

  • Toss in a small roof rack, some extra fuel, and minor interior modifications, and Stuart was left with a truck that, when I directed him to a vehicle scale, measured out at just about 5,600 pounds—without him or his gear in it.

  • In her first appearance after recovering from a minor injury, O’Hara logged a preplanned 30-plus minutes before making way for Washington Spirit teammate Emily Sonnett.

  • Perhaps police should be even more worried if someone flees when police confront him over a minor infraction, Roberts said.

  • Many of those who have become cops in New York seem to have ceased to address such minor offenses over the past few days.

  • A couple of people were treated for minor injuries but no major incidents occurred.

  • The numbers reinforce another article in the Post, in which cops confessed to “turning a blind eye” to minor crimes.

  • It starts off like any other Lana tune, replete with minor chords and humming, distorted vocals.

  • A few minor notes, born of reflection: Traditionally, the best columns are dominated by politics—its most popular topic.

  • Three days later he was in Switzerland, and a few days later again he was on the summit of a minor but still difficult peak.

  • The 'whole' of him that now dealt with Lettice was far above all minor and partial means of knowing.

  • Barton Booth died; a celebrated tragedian in the reign of queen Anne, author of some songs and minor pieces.

  • Even a minor dislocation breaks down a certain part of the machinery of society.

  • When she struck the chord of G minor, it was the right preparation, and brought you immediately into the mood for what followed.