- a very small detailed painting, often of a person微型画;小画像
- a very small copy or model of something; a very small version of something缩微模型;微型复制品
- brandy miniatures (= very small bottles)小瓶白兰地
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Italian miniatura, via medieval Latin from Latin miniare ‘illuminate’, from minium ‘red lead, vermilion’ (used to mark particular words in manuscripts).
Idioms - on a very small scale小规模的;小型的
- a doll’s house with everything in miniature样样东西都很小的玩具小屋
- 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。