| 单词 | miniature |
| 释义 | miniature /min"ee euh cheuhr, -choor', min"euh cheuhr/, n. 1. a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale. 2. a greatly reduced or abridged form or copy. 3. a very small painting, esp. a portrait, on ivory, vellum, or the like. 4. the art of executing such a painting. 5. an illumination in an illuminated manuscript or book. 6. in miniature, in a reduced size; on a small scale: The zoo exhibition offered a jungle in miniature. adj. 7. being, on, or represented on a small scale; reduced. [1580-90; < It miniatura miniature painting < ML miniatura, equiv. to miniat(us) (see MINIATE) + -ura -URE; sense development perh. influenced by L base min- (see MINI-, MINOR)] Syn. 7. minute, microscopic, diminutive, tiny, minuscule. |
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