【英语时差8,16】昆虫也遵循万有引力定律？2

 These grip the surface the same way a rock climber might grip a cliff face with her fingertips. Each of these tarsi also has a tiny, sticky cushion. Sticky Cushions You might think that these cushions are suction cups, but they aren’t. They’re merely sticky enough to hold the minuscule¹ weight of the insect. Flies tend to rely more on these cushions to keep them up, while ants tend to favor their sets of claws, although both insects have both sets of equipment. Their biggest aid, however, is their minuscule weight. For wall crawling, smaller is definitely better.

1 minuscule   

adj.非常小的；极不重要的

参考例句：

• The human race only a minuscule portion of the earth's history.人类只有占有极小部分地球历史。
• As things stand,Hong Kong's renminbi banking system is minuscule.就目前的情况而言，香港的人民币银行体系可谓微不足道。