miniature
英 ['mɪnɪtʃə]
美['mɪnətʃɚ]
- adj. 微型的，小规模的
- n. 缩图；微型画；微型图画绘画术
- vt. 是…的缩影
词态变化
复数: miniatures;
中文词源
miniature 缩微模型，微型画，细密画
来自意大利语miniatura,小插图，小插画，来自拉丁语miniare,涂红，来自minium,红铅。一种古罗马时期的红色涂料，类似于朱砂，在古代用于给手稿绘制插图，引申词义缩微模型，微型画等。并由该词衍生于常见前缀mini-,小的，短的。
miniature 缩微模型，微型画，细密画来自意大利语miniatura,小插图，小插画，来自拉丁语miniare,涂红，来自minium,红铅。一种古罗马时期的红色涂料，类似于朱砂，在古代用于给手稿绘制插图，引申词义缩微模型，微型画等。并由该词衍生于常见前缀mini-,小的，短的。
英英释意
- 1. painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
- 2. copy that reproduces something in greatly reduced size
英文词源
- miniature
- miniature: [16] ‘Smallness’ is a purely secondary semantic development as far as miniature is concerned, inspired by its accidental similarity to the min- element of words like minimum and minute. It in fact comes ultimately from Latin minium ‘red lead’. Red lead was used in ancient and medieval times for making a sort of red ink with which manuscripts were decorated, and so the derived medieval Latin verb miniāre was coined for ‘illuminate a manuscript’.
Italian took this over as miniare, and derived miniatura ‘painting, illustrating’ from it. It referred particularly to the small paintings in manuscripts, and when English borrowed it as miniature it was soon broadened out to any ‘small image’. Association with minute, etc led by the early 18th century to its adjectival use for ‘small’. - miniature (n.)
- 1580s, "a reduced image," from Italian miniatura "manuscript illumination or small picture," from past participle of miniare "to illuminate a manuscript," from Latin miniare "to paint red," from minium "red lead," used in ancient times to make red ink, a word said to be of Iberian origin. Sense development is because pictures in medieval manuscripts were small, but no doubt there was influence as well from the similar-sounding Latin words that express smallness: minor, minimus, minutus, etc.
- miniature (adj.)
- "small," 1714, from minature (n.). Of dog breeds, from 1889. Of golf, from 1893.
同义词辨析
little, small, tiny, minute, miniature
这些形容词均有"小的"之意。
little： 指在体积、数量、距离、年龄、身材等方面比正常的小，多带主观感情色彩，含小而可爱或小巧的意味。
small： 多指数量、面积、体积、价值、数字或意义等的小或少，指略小于正常的大小。
tiny： 强调与同类或其他物体比较，小得超
出正常比例，有时带强烈的感情色彩。
minute： 指小得难看见，有时需用显微镜才看得见。
miniature： 指由正常体积微缩的物体。
考试真题
- Researchers in Germany used miniature GPS tags to track the migrations of 70 white storks ( ' , 鹳) from different sites across Europe and Asia during the first five months of their lives.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文
- Just like drones before them, miniature satellites are beginning to fundamentally transform our conceptions of who gets to do what up above our heads.
2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B
- Researchers in Germany used miniature GPS tags to track the migrations of 70 white storks from different sites across Europe and Asia during the first five months of their lives.
2017年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C
词组搭配
in miniature
on a small scale, but otherwise a replica
（仿制品）缩微的，微型的，小型的
a place that is Greece in miniature.
可称为小希腊的地方。
实用场景例句
- miniature roses
- 小玫瑰花
牛津词典
- a rare breed of miniature horses
- 一种罕见的小矮马
牛津词典
- It looks like a miniature version of James Bond's car.
- 它看上去像一辆小型的詹姆斯·邦德的汽车。
牛津词典
- brandy miniatures (= very small bottles)
- 小瓶白兰地
牛津词典
- a doll's house with everything in miniature
- 样样东西都很小的玩具小房子
牛津词典
- Through play, children act out in miniature the dramas of adult life.
- 通过游戏，孩子们演出了成年人生活的缩影。
牛津词典
- ...miniature roses...
- 小玫瑰花
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He looked like a miniature version of his handsome and elegant big brother.
- 他看上去就像是他那个英俊儒雅的哥哥的迷你版。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Ecuador provides a perfect introduction to South America; it's a continent in miniature...
- 厄瓜多尔是认识南美洲的绝佳切入点，它是南美大陆的缩影。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- If it can be done full-size, I can do it in miniature.
- 如果可以做成与原物相同大小的，我就可以做成缩微的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Miniature furniture, for example, was discovered in the pyramids of Egypt.
- 比如, 曾在埃及的金字塔中发现了袖珍家具.
期刊摘选
- He's giving a party in miniature on his birthday.
- 他生日那天将举行一个小型晚会.
《简明英汉词典》
- Crown variegated dark green, yellow and beige, plain. Miniature.
- 深绿色, 黄色和灰褐色组合成的皇冠斑叶, 一般型叶. 迷你型.
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- In the museum there is a miniature of the ship Mayflower.
- 博物馆里陈列着“五月花号”船的缩小模型.
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- Paris is France in miniature.
- 巴黎是法国的缩影.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Meaning : Anything of a small, reduced, or miniature size.
- 任何一个小, 减少或微型尺码.
期刊摘选
- On the display a miniature of the magnificent Eiffel Tower.
- 展出的有宏伟的埃菲尔铁塔的微型模型.
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- Variegated green and white, plain. Miniature.
- 绿色和白色组合成的斑叶, 叶面平坦. 迷你型.
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- Single bright pink. Dark green, plain. Miniature.
- 单瓣明亮的粉红色花. 深绿色一般型叶. 迷你型.
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- The paper introduces electric control design for miniature full automatic packager.
- 介绍了一种小型全自动包装机的电气控制电路设计.
期刊摘选
- Johnson: Yes, that's the one. And she took two miniature nuclear shells along with her.
- 约翰逊: 是的, 就是她. 她还带走了两枚微型核弹头.
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- With a flourish I put a miniature pinecone on his head.
- 我一挥手把一个微型松果按在雪人的头上.
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- So he spent the next five hours painstakingly working with clay to create a miniature bike.
- 随后的5个小时,罗恩精心地用胶泥制作一辆微型自行车.
期刊摘选
- The art of Biblical miniature painting has a history of a thousand years.
- 圣经微型画艺术已有1000年的历史.
《简明英汉词典》
- Games are real life in miniature.
- 游戏是现实生活的缩影.
《简明英汉词典》
- I have a detailed miniature of the Titanic.
- 我有一个“泰坦尼克”号的精细模型.
《简明英汉词典》