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小词详解 | miniature
miniature 英 [ˈmɪnətʃə(r)] 美 [ˈmɪnətʃər]
It is about the size of a chunky mobile phone. Although the machine is swathed in patents, other miniature devices are bound to follow in time.
这台仪器的尺寸与比较厚实的手机接近,虽然有专利保护,但今后其他微型测序仪迟早也会问世。
——《经济学人》Here are their Modern Love stories, in miniature.
下面是他们的迷你版摩登情爱故事。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] 同类中非常小的
埃菲尔铁塔的模型
a miniature of the Eiffel Tower该富裕家庭成员的微型人像画
portrait miniatures of the members of the affluent family小瓶白兰地
brandy miniatures
他看上去就像是他那个帅气稳重的哥哥的迷你版。
He looked like a miniature version of his handsome and sedate big brother.一只温顺的迷你贵宾犬
a docile miniature poodle
通过游戏,孩子们演出了成年人生活的缩影。
Through play, children act out in miniature the dramas of adult life.巴黎是法国的缩影。
Paris is France in miniature.
Sonya was a slender, miniature brunette, with soft eyes shaded by long lashes, thick black hair twisted in two coils round her head, and a skin of a somewhat sallow tint, particularly marked on her bare, thin, but shapely, muscular arms and neck.
索尼娅是个身段苗条、小巧玲珑的黑发女郎,在那长长的睫毛遮掩下闪现出温柔的眼神,一条乌黑而浓密的发辫在头上盘了两盘,脸上的皮肤,特别是裸露而消瘦、肌肉发达而漂亮的手臂和颈项的皮肤,都略带黄色。
mini: denoting a miniature version of something tiny: very small minute: extremely small