miniatures

英 [ˈmɪnətʃəz]

美 [ˈmɪniətʃərz]

n.  微型画; 小画像; 缩微模型; 微型复制品
miniature的复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 微小的;（尤指）微型的，微缩版的
  Miniatureis used to describe something which is very small, especially a smaller version of something which is normally much bigger.
  1. ...miniature roses...
     小玫瑰花
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 微型的；缩微的
  If you describe one thing as another thingin miniature, you mean that it is much smaller in size or scale than the other thing, but is otherwise exactly the same.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• （常指人物的）微型画，袖珍画像
  Aminiatureis a very small detailed painting, often of a person.
• 小瓶装烈酒
  Aminiatureis a very small bottle of strong alcohol such as whisky or brandy, and usually contains enough for one or two drinks.

双语例句

• Don't take that wrong. I'm saying you're miniatures.
  别误会，我不是说你们小。
• These miniatures are obsessively precise.
  这些模型太过精准了。
• She collects miniatures of dogs.
  她收集缩微小狗模型。
• He began carving out his career in miniatures after making furniture for his daughters dolls house.
  他是在为女儿制作玩偶之家后开始微雕事业的。
• There is here a very fine display of weapons and armor, pottery, miniatures and sculptures.
  这里展品丰富，陈列着多种兵器、盔甲、陶器、模型和雕塑。
• The evil and dirty characters in the novels by He Wen are a gang of fashionable colorful modern a q.they are miniatures of the big society.
  何文小说中的“恶浊”人物，是一班颇具时尚色彩的“现代阿q”，他们是大社会的一个缩影。
• The political information communication miniatures the construction of political civilization in a nation.
  政治信息沟通是一个国家政治文明建设的缩影。
• Back then the living idols of the German soccer team were ad hoc scanned stereoscopically to reproduce them as10 centimeter large, marketable plastic miniatures in China.
  立体扫描作为那时的生活偶像的德国足球队，并在中国的小型塑料市场把他们做成10厘米大的模型。
• The art of creating Miniatures is thought to have existed for thousands of years.
  人们认为袖珍艺术好几千年前就已经存在了。
• I collect early English miniatures.
  我收集早期的英国微型画像。