单词 | depict |
释义 | depict From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdepictde‧pict /dɪˈpɪkt/ ●○○ verb [transitive] formalDESCRIBEto describe something or someone in writing or speech, or to show them in a painting, picture etc a book depicting life in pre-revolutionary Russiadepict somebody/something as something The god is depicted as a bird with a human head.► see thesaurus at describe —depiction /dɪˈpɪkʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusdepict• The California state flag depicts a grizzly bear.• In this new biography she is depicted as a lonely and unhappy woman.• The transcripts depict Davis weeping with remorse at several points during the confession.• The one clue comes from frescoes and vases that depict griffins protecting a seated Goddess.• The reaction to numerous business pressures are depicted in Fig. 1. 6.• Critics said the article depicted Latinos negatively.• Red cartoon depicting monkeys skating about a typical street with masses of detail.• It comes bundled with Windows 3.1, and a proprietary front-end, which uses graphics to depict the various functions provided.• And rather than depicting various hues of political opinion, the new murals make an environmental statement.depict somebody/something as something• We know that New York is sometimes depicted as a cold and heartless city.Origin depict (1400-1500) Latin depictus, past participle of depingere, from pingere “to paint” |
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