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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• Previously, he made miniatures to order but decided against it when his orders came stretched to seven years in advance. He decided it was easier to make the pieces in batches because there was worldwide demand for them.
  在此之前，他会依订单制作，当他发现有人已经开始提前7年预定后，他决定成批制作，因为世界各地市场需求很大。
• That night, after the kids were zipped into their sleeping sacks and I was sure they weren't awake, I handed Bob a bag of large marshmallows and I grabbed a bag of the miniatures.
  那天晚上，当孩子们钻到他们的睡袋以后，我确信他们已经睡着了，我递给鲍博一袋大浆果然后拿了一袋小的。
• Don't take that wrong. I'm saying you're miniatures.
  别误会，我不是说你们小。
• Hans van Manen's "Visions Fugitives" takes its title and structure from Prokofiev's accompanying musical miniatures and explores a different dance idea in each of its20 sections.
  “幻想瞬间”是汉斯-冯-马能根据俄罗斯作曲家普罗科菲耶夫同名音乐改编的，并在它的20个章节中发展了不同的舞蹈理念。
• Because it is possible that the miniatures that were made all by hands are of very poorer qualities in both the physical properties and aesthetic levels.
  其实这里可以延伸下去嘛，就说其实更在于考古价值和历史意义和审美价值，这些都不在于它是否手工制作的。
• You might pass the time constructing miniatures from the toothpicks.
  你或许可以用牙签制作微雕，以熬过这段时间。