Miniaturized is the -ed form of miniaturize. As a past verb, it means someone already made the thing very small: “They miniaturized the camera.” As an adjective — and this is the use you will see most — it describes a thing that is now in that tiny designed form: miniaturized electronics, a miniaturized microphone, a miniaturized motor.

Miniaturized is the -ed form of miniaturizeMiniaturized是miniaturize的-ed形式。As a past verb當過去式動詞用時, it means someone already made the thing very small意思是有人已經把東西做得很小: "They miniaturized the camera."「They miniaturized the camera.」As an adjective當形容詞用時 — and this is the use you will see most這是你最常會看到的用法 — it describes a thing that is now in that tiny designed form它形容的是一個東西現在已經是那種迷你設計的形式: miniaturized electronics, a miniaturized microphone, a miniaturized motorminiaturized electronics、a miniaturized microphone、a miniaturized motor。

The feel is still technical. A miniaturized device is not merely small and cute. It is small because engineers packed a job that used to need a bigger machine into a much smaller one.

The feel is still technical這個字給人的感覺仍然很技術性。A miniaturized device一個miniaturized的裝置 is not merely small and cute不只是小巧可愛而已。It is small它會小 because engineers packed a job that used to need a bigger machine是因為工程師把以前需要用一台比較大的機器才能做的工作 into a much smaller one塞進了一台小很多的機器裡。

Product pages and science writing love this word. Everyday English more often just says small, tiny, or pocket-sized.

Product pages and science writing產品頁面和科學寫作 love this word很愛用這個字。Everyday English日常英文 more often just says比較常直接說 small, tiny, or pocket-sizedsmall、tiny、或pocket-sized。

Do not mix it up with miniature in front of a noun (a miniature railway, a miniature horse). Miniature there means “a tiny version of the real kind”.

Do not mix it up不要搞混 with miniature in front of a noun跟放在名詞前面的miniature (a miniature railway, a miniature horse) (a miniature railway、a miniature horse)。Miniature there這裡的miniature means "a tiny version of the real kind"意思是「真實那種東西的迷你版本」。

Miniaturized points at the shrinking of a working machine, especially electronics.

Miniaturized points at the shrinking of a working machineMiniaturized講的是把一台可以運作的機器變小, especially electronics特別是電子產品。

British spelling may show miniaturised.

British spelling英式拼法 may show miniaturised可能會寫成miniaturised。