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- minor [ 'maɪnɚ] [ 'maɪnə]
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1.
adjective
较小的；较少的
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2.
adjective
次要的；级别较低的
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3.
adjective
[England]
未成年的；（两同姓男孩中）较年幼的
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4.
adjective
少数的
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5.
adjective
（表示）悲哀的；令人伤心的；忧郁的
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6.
adjective
[pedagogics]
[American English]
（大学中）选修（或兼修）的
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7.
adjective
[logic]
小前提的；小名词的
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8.
adjective
[music]
小音阶的
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9.
adjective
[music]
小调的
- the minor key
- 小调
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10.
adjective
[music]
小三度的
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11.
adjective
[music]
小调式的
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12.
adjective
（疾病等）不严重的，无生命危险的
- 13. vi. 选修；兼修
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14.
noun
未成年人
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15.
noun
[pedagogics]
[American English]
选修（或兼修）课程；次要学科；选修（或兼修）某种学科的学生
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16.
noun
[logic]
小前提；小名词
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17.
noun
[music]
小调
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18.
noun
[American English]
（棒球等的）小职业球队竞赛联合会
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1.
adjective
较小的；较少的
Collins English-English Dictionary
- minor ['maɪnə]
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1.
n
cofactor signed minor the number equal to this reduced determinant
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2.
adj
lesser or secondary in amount, extent, importance, or degree
- a minor poet
- minor burns
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3.
adj
of or relating to the minority
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4.
adj
below the age of legal majority
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5.
adj
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6.
adj
[music]
(of a scale) having a semitone between the second and third and fifth and sixth degrees (natural minor) - See also harmonic minor scale melodic minor scale
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7.
adj
(of a key) based on the minor scale
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8.
adj
[postpositive]
denoting a specified key based on the minor scale
- C minor
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9.
adj
(of an interval) reduced by a semitone from the major
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10.
adj
(of a chord, esp a triad) having a minor third above the root
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11.
adj
(esp in jazz) of or relating to a chord built upon a minor triad and containing a minor seventh - See also minor key minor mode
- a minor ninth
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12.
adj
[logic]
(of a term or premise) having less generality or scope than another term or proposition
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13.
adj
[US]
[education]
of or relating to an additional secondary subject taken by a student
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14.
adj
[immediately postpositive]
[Brit]
the younger or junior: sometimes used after the surname of a schoolboy if he has an older brother in the same school
- Hunt minor
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15.
adj
[postpositive]
[bell-ringing]
of, relating to, or denoting a set of changes rung on six bells
- grandsire minor
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16.
n
a person or thing that is lesser or secondary
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17.
n
a person below the age of legal majority
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18.
n
[US and Canadian]
[education]
a subsidiary subject in which a college or university student needs fewer credits than in his or her major
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19.
n
[music]
a minor key, chord, mode, or scale
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20.
n
[logic]
a minor term or premise
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21.
n
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22.
n
[maths]
a determinant associated with a particular element of a given determinant and formed by removing the row and column containing that element
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23.
n
another name for Minorite
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24.
vi.
[capital]
[intr;
usually foll by in] [US] [education] to take a minor -
25.
vi.
Compare major
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26.
vi.
[Etymology]
C13: from Latin: less, smaller; related to Old High German minniro smaller, Gothic minniza least, Latin minuere to diminish, Greek mei
o n less
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1.
n
cofactor signed minor the number equal to this reduced determinant
Examples
- a fiduciary guardian for a minor child
- 未成年孩子的受托监护人 → fiduciary
- the minor key
- 小调 → minor
- to minor in chemistry
- 选修化学 → minor
- I prefer songs that are set to minor keys as opposed to major ones.
- 我喜欢小调演奏的歌曲，不喜欢大调的。 → major
- Can you play the key of C minor?
- 你能用C小调演奏吗？ → key
- I didn't want the cat to draw too much attention, I was thinking he would be a minor part of the portrait.
- 我不想让猫太显眼了，我在想它应该只是画像中的配角。 → draw
- Chopin's Scherzo in B flat minor
- 用降B小调演奏肖邦的谐谑曲 → minor
- major/minor road
- 主干道/非主干道 → road
- a minor poet → minor
- minor burns → minor
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