attrib.
- (especially of a replica of something) of a much smaller size than normal; very small（尤指复制品）小于正常尺寸的; 微小的, 微型的, 极小的：
children dressed as miniature adults.
穿得像小大人的孩子。
1
- a thing that is much smaller than normal, especially a small replica or model小型物; 微缩模型; 缩影。
1.1
- a very small bottle of spirits小瓶酒。
1.2
- a plant or animal that is a smaller version of an existing variety or breed小种植物（或动物）。
1.3
- a very small and highly detailed portrait or other painting小画像; 微型画。
1.4
- a picture or decorated letter in an illuminated manuscript（华美装饰手稿上的）画饰; 花字。
with obj.
- rare represent on a smaller scale; reduce to miniature dimensions〈罕〉是…的缩影; 是…的微缩模型; 使成为微型。
短语
in miniature
- on a small scale, but otherwise a replica（仿制品）缩微的, 微型的, 小型的：
a place that is Greece in miniature.
可称为小希腊的地方。
词源
early 18th cent.: from Italian miniatura, via medieval Latin from Latin miniare 'rubricate, illuminate'， from minium 'red lead, vermilion' (used to mark particular words in manuscripts).