A miniaturist is someone who paints very small pictures, often for money. For a long time this meant a tiny portrait — a face small enough to sit in a locket, a little case, or a frame you could hold in one hand. The pictures themselves are called miniatures, and the painter is the miniaturist.

A miniaturistminiaturist is someone who paints very small pictures是畫非常小的畫的人， often for money通常是為了賺錢。 For a long time this meant a tiny portrait長久以來這個字指的是很小的肖像—— a face small enough to sit in a locket, a little case, or a frame you could hold in one hand小到可以放進墬子、小盒子，或一手就能拿著的相框裡。 The pictures themselves are called miniatures這些畫本身叫miniatures， and the painter is the miniaturist畫畫的人就是miniaturist。

People still use the word for artists who work at that tiny scale, not only in the old locket style: a miniaturist may paint a whole scene on something no bigger than a card, with a very fine brush and a lot of patience. You meet it in art, museums, and history more than in everyday chat. It is a specialist job-word, not a joke-word for “anyone who likes small things”.

People still use the word for artists who work at that tiny scale人們現在還是用這個字，指在那種極小尺度上創作的藝術家， not only in the old locket style不只限於舊式的墬子風格： a miniaturist may paint a whole scene on something no bigger than a cardminiaturist可能會在一張比卡片大不了多少的東西上畫出一整個場景， with a very fine brush and a lot of patience用非常細的筆和很多耐心。 You meet it in art, museums, and history你在藝術、博物館和歷史裡遇到它的機會， more than in everyday chat比在日常聊天裡多。 It is a specialist job-word這是一個專業的職業用字， not a joke-word for “anyone who likes small things”不是用來開玩笑講『任何喜歡小東西的人』的字。

Though actually, the mini-feeling in miniature did not start as “small”. The old pictures were named after a red paint used in book decoration, and only later did miniature come to mean “a tiny picture”.

Though actually不過實際上， the mini-feeling in miniature did not start as “small”miniature裡那種『迷你』的感覺，一開始並不是『小』的意思。 The old pictures were named after a red paint used in book decoration這些舊畫的名字，最早是來自書籍裝飾用的一種紅色顏料， and only later did miniature come to mean “a tiny picture”後來miniature才慢慢變成『小圖畫』的意思。

Students sometimes stretch miniaturist to mean a person who builds small models or collects tiny houses. Those people are model-makers or collectors. A miniaturist paints.

Students sometimes stretch miniaturist學生有時候會把miniaturist延伸， to mean a person who builds small models or collects tiny houses來指做小模型或收集小房子的人。 Those people are model-makers or collectors那些人其實是model-makers（模型師）或collectors（收藏家）。 A miniaturist paintsminiaturist是畫畫的人。