miniature

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++min·ia·ture1 /ˈmɪnətʃə $ ˈmɪniətʃər/ ●○○ adjective [only before noun]  SMALLmuch smaller than normal 很小的，微型的 miniature roses 微型玫瑰 a miniature railway 微型铁路 He looked like a miniature version of his father. 他看上去像是他父亲的微缩版。► see thesaurus at small

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miniature• With eyes half closed he could see it as a miniature cannon.• The author, once a portrait and miniature painter, now devoted himself to pictorial photography.• The locket contained a miniature portrait of her late husband.• Next to the beach there's a miniature railway.• But this attempt to create a miniature Saratoga Springs at Niagara failed.• The miniature stainless-steel kitchenette looked as if it had never been cooked in.• a miniature train• a miniature TV with a 2 inch screen• On top of the cab was a very big circular disc with a grille over it like miniature venetian blinds.• These girls are not miniature women.• There are buttons you can press to set this miniature world in motion.miniature version• What dreary offices we inhabit, I thought as I allowed my gaze to travel round this miniature version of my own.• The family and home was a miniature version of the nation state.• Now however, a miniature version of the race riot that Gallagher had predicted exploded on campus.

Related topics: Painting and drawing

miniature2 noun  1  in miniature SMALLexactly like something or someone but much smaller 缩影的，微小模型的 She’s her mother in miniature. 她是她母亲的缩影。2. [countable]AVP a very small painting, usually of a person 微型画，小画像3  [countable] a very small bottle containing an alcoholic drink 小瓶装酒，酒版 a miniature of whiskey 小瓶威士忌酒

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miniature• We've got a painting of Parsons here somewhere, a miniature done by another member of the club called Peter Lens.• The carcass is small so that cuts appear to be miniatures of beef cuts.• These are complete miniatures of the parents and will soon busily be eating brine shrimp.• But for the vertigo shot alone, a horizontal miniature was built to avoid counter-weighting the heavy VistaVision camera.• The building joins miniatures of Hampton Court and Fontainebleau Palace at the museum.• For instance, you could create two groups of miniatures in the recesses on either side of a fireplace.• In fact, in many cases, the very size of miniatures makes them more suitable for particular ideas and arrangements.• portrait miniatures• Among her prize-winning stock is Bickels Tinker Toy, which she says is one of the smallest miniatures in the world.Origin miniature2 (1500-1600) Italian miniatura “art of drawing small pictures in a book”, from Latin miniare “to color with minium”, from minium “red substance used for coloring pictures in old books”; influenced by minute and minimum

min·ia·ture1 adjectiveminiature2 nounChineseSyllable  

much than normal smaller Corpus

miniature

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min‧ia‧ture¹ /ˈmɪnətʃə, ˈmɪnɪtʃə $ ˈmɪniətʃər/ adjective [only before noun]
much smaller than normal:
    miniature roses
    a miniature railway
    He looked like a miniature version of his father.
     

THESAURUS

■ very small
   ▪ tiny very small – used about objects, numbers, or amounts: a tiny island | Dairy foods provide your body with a tiny amount of vitamin D.
   ▪ teeny informal very small - used for emphasis: I'll just have a teeny bit of cream. | There's just one teeny little problem. | a teeny little house
   ▪ minute extremely small and extremely difficult to see or notice: They found minute traces of poison in his body. | The differences are minute. | minute creatures
   ▪ miniature a miniature camera, watch, railway etc is made in a very small size. A miniature horse, dog etc is bred to be a very small size: The spy used a miniature camera. | the fashion for miniature pets
   ▪ microscopic extremely small and impossible to see without special equipment: microscopic organisms | microscopic particles of dust
   ▪ minuscule /ˈmɪnəskjuːl, ˈmɪnɪskjuːl/ extremely small in a surprising way: She was wearing a minuscule bikini. | The threat from terrorism is minuscule compared to other risks in our lives.
   ▪ itty-bitty/itsy-bitsy [only before noun] American English informal very small: An itty-bitty little bug crawled across his forehead. | We stayed at some itty-bitty hotel in a back street.

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miniature² noun1. in miniature exactly like something or someone but much smaller:
    She’s her mother in miniature.
2. [countable] a very small painting, usually of a person
3. [countable] a very small bottle containing an alcoholic drink:
    a miniature of whiskey