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缩图,小画像小规模的,纤小的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Miniature \Min"i*a*ture\ (?; 277), n. [It. miniatura, fr. L.
   miniare. See {Miniate}, v.,{Minium}.]
   1. Originally, a painting in colors such as those in
      medi[ae]val manuscripts; in modern times, any very small
      painting, especially a portrait.

   2. Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.

   3. Lettering in red; rubric distinction. [Obs.]

   4. A particular feature or trait. [Obs.] --Massinger.

Miniature \Min"i*a*ture\, a.
   Being on a small; much reduced from the reality; as, a
   miniature copy.

Miniature \Min"i*a*ture\, v. t.
   To represent or depict in a small compass, or on a small
   scale.

资料来源 : WordNet®

miniature
     adj : being on a very small scale; "a miniature camera"

miniature
     n 1: painting or drawing included in a book (especially in
          illuminated medieval manuscripts) [syn: {illumination}]
     2: copy that reproduces something in greatly reduced size [syn:
         {toy}]