miniature

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n. 缩图, 小画像 a. 小规模的, 纤小的

发音

UK /ˈmɪnɪt͡ʃə/
其它 /ˈmɪn(i)ət͡ʃəɹ/
AU /ˈmɪnɪt͡ʃə/
CA /ˈmɪnɪt͡ʃəɹ/
US /ˈmɪn(i)ət͡ʃʊəɹ/
CA /ˈmɪn(i)ət͡ʃəɹ/
IN /mɪnɪjetʃɜ(r)/

词形变化

miniatures 复数 miniatures miniatured miniatures 三单 miniaturing miniaturing 现在分词 miniatured 过去式 miniatured 过去分词 more miniature 比较级 most miniature 最高级

别名

mini

教材释义与例句

名词

缩图；微型画；微型图画绘画术

动词

是…的缩影

形容词

微型的，小规模的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.

  2. 2.

    A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.

    There was a miniature of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantelpiece.

  3. 3.

    A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.

  4. 4.

    The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.

  5. 5.

    An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.

    小画像

  6. 6.

    A musical composition which is short in duration.

    Sacha composed a miniature for strings as a final project at the conservatory.

  7. 7.

    A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.

    游戏
  8. 8.

    A token in a game representing a unit or character.

    游戏

    Jack had dozens of miniatures of Napoleonic footsoldiers painted in detailed period regalia for his wargames.

  9. 9.

    Lettering in red; rubric distinction.

  10. 10.

    A particular feature or trait.

v.
  1. 1.

    To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature.

    及物
adj. B2
  1. 1.

    Smaller than normal.

    I find miniature dogs annoying; they seem to yap more than full-size dogs.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

toy illumination

上位词 3

picture copy painting
形容词

近义相关 2

little small

相关短语

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词源

Etymology tree Latin miniumder. Italian minio Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Italian -are Italian miniare Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Italian -tura Italian miniaturabor. English miniature Borrowed from Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), from miniare (“to illuminate”), from Latin miniō (“to colour red”), from minium (“red lead”).

来源：wiktionary