Miniature
['mɪnɪtʃə] or ['mɪnətʃɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size.
(noun.) painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts).
(adj.) being on a very small scale; 'a miniature camera' .
整理:玛丽--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v.) Originally, a painting in colors such as those in mediaeval manuscripts; in modern times, any very small painting, especially a portrait.
(v.) Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
(v.) Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
(v.) A particular feature or trait.
(a.) Being on a small; much reduced from the reality; as, a miniature copy.
(v. t.) To represent or depict in a small compass, or on a small scale.
安德里亚錄入
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Small portrait.
a. Little, small, diminutive.
芭芭拉校對
解釋/意思:
n. a painting on a very small scale on ivory vellum or thick paper: a small or reduced copy of anything.—adj. on a small scale: minute.—v.t. to represent on a small scale.—n. Min′iaturist one who paints miniatures.
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例句/造句/用法:
- This idea increased my melancholy, for I hate, and always did hate, anything like London in miniature. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The miniature of my late dear uncle, Sir John, hung on the wall opposite the bed. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- She told me, that that same evening William had teazed her to let him wear a very valuable miniature that she possessed of your mother. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- What breadths of experience Dorothea seemed to have passed over since she first looked at this miniature! 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It was a miniature of himself, very prettily done (though not half handsome enough, we may be sure, the widow thought). 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- It sounded as though pack after pack of miniature firecrackers were going off at a distance that was almost out of hearing. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Thomas Blanchard, born in Massachusetts in 1788, while a boy, was accustomed to astonish his companions by the miniature wind-wheels and water-wheels that he whittled out with his knife. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- This is a miniature copy of the Orange laboratory, with its machine shop, chemical-room, and general experimental department. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- They showed us a miniature cemetery there--a copy of the first graveyard that was ever in Marseilles, no doubt. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- This machine in general appearance resembles a miniature elevated railroad. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Then, I shall kiss the hand, said he; but that moment it became a miniature fist, and dealt him payment in a small coin that was 漀琀??kisses. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- On the opposite wall hung the miniature portrait of her father. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Below this picture was a miniature of William; and my tears flowed when I looked upon it. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Pointing to the miniature of the man within the locket he handed the photograph to Jane, holding the open locket beside it. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- It was curious to trace in this miniature model the very traits of its father. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- This room was my late master's favourite room, and these miniatures are just as they used to be then. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- These sketches gave him a local reputation, and his friends were not surprised when at seventeen he left Lancaster to seek his fortune as a painter of portraits and miniatures in Philadelphia. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- He had hung out his sign as Painter of Miniatures at the corner of Second and Walnut Streets in Philadelphia, under the friendly patronage of Benjamin Franklin. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Miniatures, half-lengths, whole-lengths, pencil, crayon, and water-colours had been all tried in turn. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- She approached and saw the likeness of Mr. Wickham, suspended, amongst several other miniatures, over the mantelpiece. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- And that, said Mrs. Reynolds, pointing to another of the miniatures, is my master--and very like him. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- She looked up at Tarzan to find him leaning toward her gazing on the miniatures with an expression of astonishment. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- This is your mother, said Dorothea, who had turned to examine the group of miniatures. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
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