Miniature

(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

• This idea increased my melancholy, for I hate, and always did hate, anything like London in miniature. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The miniature of my late dear uncle, Sir John, hung on the wall opposite the bed. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• 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. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• What breadths of experience Dorothea seemed to have passed over since she first looked at this miniature! 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• 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·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It sounded as though pack after pack of miniature firecrackers were going off at a distance that was almost out of hearing. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• 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. 世纪发明.
• This is a miniature copy of the Orange laboratory, with its machine shop, chemical-room, and general experimental department. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• They showed us a miniature cemetery there--a copy of the first graveyard that was ever in Marseilles, no doubt. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• This machine in general appearance resembles a miniature elevated railroad. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• 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. 维莱特.
• On the opposite wall hung the miniature portrait of her father. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Below this picture was a miniature of William; and my tears flowed when I looked upon it. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Pointing to the miniature of the man within the locket he handed the photograph to Jane, holding the open locket beside it. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• It was curious to trace in this miniature model the very traits of its father. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• This room was my late master's favourite room, and these miniatures are just as they used to be then. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• 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. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• 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. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Miniatures, half-lengths, whole-lengths, pencil, crayon, and water-colours had been all tried in turn. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• She approached and saw the likeness of Mr. Wickham, suspended, amongst several other miniatures, over the mantelpiece. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• And that, said Mrs. Reynolds, pointing to another of the miniatures, is my master--and very like him. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• She looked up at Tarzan to find him leaning toward her gazing on the miniatures with an expression of astonishment. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• This is your mother, said Dorothea, who had turned to examine the group of miniatures. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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