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miniature n.小画像；缩影 miniature (n.) 1580s, "a reduced image," from Italian miniatura "manuscript illumination or small picture," from past participle of miniare "to illuminate a manuscript," from Latin miniare "to paint red," from minium "red lead," used in ancient times to make red ink, a word said to be of Iberian origin. Sense development is because pictures in medieval manuscripts were small, but no doubt there was influence as well from the similar-sounding Latin words that express smallness: minor, minimus, minutus, etc.miniature (adj.) "small," 1714, from minature (n.). Of dog breeds, from 1889. Of golf, from 1893. 【记】mini- 迷你，小 + picture

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['minjətʃə] 【英】 n. 小画像(a very small portrait)；缩影(a representation of something on a small scale)【记】 mini(极小的)+ature →极小的画像【同】 同根词：minikin(娇 小的动物或人)；mini mal(最小的)【例】 This model car is a miniature of a real one. 无

单词	miniature
音标	['minjətʃə]
解释	n.小画像；缩影
红宝书	【英】 n. 小画像(a very small portrait)；缩影(a representation of something on a small scale) 【记】 mini(极小的)+ature →极小的画像【同】同根词：minikin(娇小的动物或人)；mini mal(最小的) 【例】 This model car is a miniature of a real one.
字源	miniature (n.) 1580s, "a reduced image," from Italian miniatura "manuscript illumination or small picture," from past participle of miniare "to illuminate a manuscript," from Latin miniare "to paint red," from minium "red lead," used in ancient times to make red ink, a word said to be of Iberian origin. Sense development is because pictures in medieval manuscripts were small, but no doubt there was influence as well from the similar-sounding Latin words that express smallness: minor, minimus, minutus, etc. miniature (adj.) "small," 1714, from minature (n.). Of dog breeds, from 1889. Of golf, from 1893.
不择手段背单词	无
趣味全助记	【记】mini- 迷你，小 + picture

Miniature Small Miniare Latin Minjətʃə N.小画像；缩影 英 N

Miniature Small Miniare Latin Minjətʃə N.小画像；缩影英 N