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scintilla

/sin-til-uh/US // sɪnˈtɪl ə //UK // (sɪnˈtɪlə) //

蝎子,蝎子皮,蝎子壳,蝎子的故事

Related Words

dash冲刺,冲冲冲,破折号,冲刺一下flash闪光,闪存,闪现,闪电crumb面包屑,碎屑,纸屑,碎纸片speck斑点,点子,点点,点dab扑通hint暗示,提示,暗示着pinch钳制,掐死,掐断,钳子drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴spot斑点,地点,斑斑点点,斑particle粒子,颗粒,微粒,颗粒物whiff嗅觉,嗅嗅,嗅探,嗅到whisper嘀咕,嘀咕一声,呫嗫,哼哼唧唧sparkle璀璨,闪光,璀璨夺目,璀璨的shred切碎,碎裂,撕碎,碎碎念shade阴影,遮遮掩掩,阴凉处,遮蔽atom原子,原子的,原子弹,原子的问题smidgen微量级,微量,少许,少量的iota一丁点,一丁点儿,一丁,一丁目ray曙光,阳光,曙光乍现,阳光下

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a minute particle; spark; trace: not a scintilla of remorse.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounsmall bit, trace
Synonyms
atom原子,原子的,原子弹,原子的问题crumb面包屑,碎屑,纸屑,碎纸片dab扑通dash冲刺,冲冲冲,破折号,冲刺一下drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴flash闪光,闪存,闪现,闪电hint暗示,提示,暗示着iota一丁点,一丁点儿,一丁,一丁目particle粒子,颗粒,微粒,颗粒物pinch钳制,掐死,掐断,钳子ray曙光,阳光,曙光乍现,阳光下shade阴影,遮遮掩掩,阴凉处,遮蔽shred切碎,碎裂,撕碎,碎碎念smidgen微量级,微量,少许,少量的sparkle璀璨,闪光,璀璨夺目,璀璨的speck斑点,点子,点点,点spot斑点,地点,斑斑点点,斑whiff嗅觉,嗅嗅,嗅探,嗅到whisper嘀咕,嘀咕一声,呫嗫,哼哼唧唧small quantity小量,小数量,少量,数量少soupçon

Examples

  • That had more than a scintilla of substance—is Mitt actually a political shape-shifter?

  • How could anyone do all this without leaving behind a scintilla of microscopic evidence?

  • Forde is among those who note that every scintilla of blame cannot be put on FitzPatrick and Drumm.

  • It does take a certain talent to take Paul Newman and present the actor without a scintilla of excitement.

  • I have not a scintilla of interest in being at court when the judge sentences him.

  • I would not, Mr. President, give up a scintilla of that portion of the responsibility which the crisis imposes on me.

  • They had merely waited that scintilla of ocular confirmation of a known danger.

  • This seems to me to have not a scintilla of justice about it.

  • In these churches there were no fire altars; but the small scintilla of sacred fire preserved in them, was kept only in a lamp.

  • She is beautiful of course, but quite without charm or the slightest scintilla of wit.

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