英语词汇“miniature”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	miniature
释义	adjective \| noun miniatureminiature1 /ˈmɪniətʃɚ, ˈmɪnɪtʃɚ/ ●●○ adjective Thesaurus THESAURUSnot large► small not large in size or amount: Rick has a small car. This T-shirt is too small for me. ► little small in size: Her shirt had little hearts on the front. ► petite small, short, and thin in an attractive way. Used about women and girls: Chuck is 6 feet tall, but he has always dated petite women. ► compact small, but comfortable, convenient, or easy to carry. Used about cars and other products that usually come in larger sizes: Compact cars are much easier to park. ► tiny very small: She was holding a tiny baby in her arms. ► miniature very small. Used about things that are normally a larger size: He makes miniature furniture for dollhouses. ► diminutive formal very small. Used especially about people: A diminutive man with a bow tie stood behind the desk. ► minute/minuscule extremely small: Even in minute amounts, the chemical is very harmful. ► microscopic extremely small and impossible to see without a scientific tool called a microscope: The microscopic cells in your body that absorb food are called microvilli. much smaller than normal: a miniature train► see thesaurus at small1 adjective \| noun miniatureminiature2 noun Etymology ETYMOLOGYminiature² Origin: 1500-1600 Italian miniatura art of drawing small pictures in a book, from Latin miniare to color with minium 1[countable] something that is much smaller than the usual thing of its type: a miniature of the airplane2[countable] eng. lang. arts a very small painting, usually of a person3in miniature exactly like something or someone but much smaller: She is her mother in miniature. [Origin: 1500–1600 Italian miniatura art of drawing small pictures in a book, from Latin miniare to color with minium]
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