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单词 lifelike
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Definition of lifelike in English:

lifelike

adjective ˈlʌɪflʌɪkˈlaɪfˌlaɪk
  • Very similar to the person or thing represented.

    the artist had etched a lifelike horse
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's a very accurate and lifelike representation, and it belies its shoestring budget.
    • Every day when he is not landscaping gardens for the island's wealthy, he fashions lifelike works of art much to the curiosity of admiring visitors.
    • The paintings, done with a mixture of animal fat, ochre and blood, are of people and animals, about five inches tall and extremely lifelike.
    • It's all a natural progression for the character to be more lifelike and to have a level of understanding of her environment.
    • Another act of remembrance was the commissioning of detailed, lifelike, and convincing portraits of their ancestors.
    • Walpole inaugurated the tradition in the hope that the lifelike solidity of realism might be reconciled with the imaginative range of romance.
    • I don't want to speak for him, but I do believe that in a way he feels like that's not necessarily a lifelike thing.
    • The high definition signal represents images that are as crystal clear and lifelike as possible.
    • In a week's time, he turned two large pieces of wood into detailed, lifelike recreations based on a photo.
    • The roses were carved to such lifelike details; the thorns seemed as if they could draw blood.
    • The greens of the lawns and the grays of the stone walls were vivid and lifelike.
    • He seems mostly to be running (he was one of the most hunted) and his curved horns are often detailed with lifelike ribbing.
    • The figures are always startlingly lifelike, yet never precisely to scale and always altered in some way.
    • The characters aren't very lifelike and the game is beginning to drag.
    • Blacks are deep, with no sign of breakup or shimmer, and skin tones are both natural and lifelike.
    • The arm, now on display at the Museum of London, is lifelike with realistic knuckles, veins and fingernails.
    • If an android become too realistic and lifelike, suddenly people were repelled and disgusted.
    • On the plus side, fleshtones are rather pleasant, appearing lifelike and natural.
    • Eyes, animated by carefully placed lashes and highlights, are convincingly lifelike.
    • Contrast is especially strong and colors are lifelike and natural looking.
    Synonyms
    realistic, true to life, representational, faithful, authentic, exact, precise, detailed, vivid, graphic, natural, naturalistic, convincing, undistorted
    photographic, cinematic, filmic
    speaking
    factual

Derivatives

  • lifelikeness

  • noun
    • He wrote that early photographs struck viewers as familiar (like drawings), but also as strange in their ‘mirror-like detail’, their lifelikeness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The creation of a lifelikeness in art (a human-made ‘look-alike’) is perceived as a distraction that may jeopardize this relationship, causing the heavenly double to withdraw its spiritual protection.
      • The main thing about his work, however, is its subtle yet overwhelming lifelikeness, which is startlingly sufficient to suggest to the viewer that this object is an eerily accurate simulacrum of the human substance, body and soul.
      • What is so devastating is the truthfulness of it, the overwhelming lifelikeness of the characters; you cannot help wondering how a young woman playwright could infiltrate them to their very essence.
      • Chekhov wrote The Steppe, appropriately the first tale in this volume, when he was 28, and it is a kind of manifesto of Chekhovian lifelikeness.
 
 

Definition of lifelike in US English:

lifelike

adjectiveˈlaɪfˌlaɪkˈlīfˌlīk
  • Very similar to the person or thing represented.

    an etching of a lifelike horse
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Eyes, animated by carefully placed lashes and highlights, are convincingly lifelike.
    • The paintings, done with a mixture of animal fat, ochre and blood, are of people and animals, about five inches tall and extremely lifelike.
    • Another act of remembrance was the commissioning of detailed, lifelike, and convincing portraits of their ancestors.
    • Contrast is especially strong and colors are lifelike and natural looking.
    • The characters aren't very lifelike and the game is beginning to drag.
    • It's a very accurate and lifelike representation, and it belies its shoestring budget.
    • If an android become too realistic and lifelike, suddenly people were repelled and disgusted.
    • The high definition signal represents images that are as crystal clear and lifelike as possible.
    • The roses were carved to such lifelike details; the thorns seemed as if they could draw blood.
    • I don't want to speak for him, but I do believe that in a way he feels like that's not necessarily a lifelike thing.
    • Walpole inaugurated the tradition in the hope that the lifelike solidity of realism might be reconciled with the imaginative range of romance.
    • The arm, now on display at the Museum of London, is lifelike with realistic knuckles, veins and fingernails.
    • Every day when he is not landscaping gardens for the island's wealthy, he fashions lifelike works of art much to the curiosity of admiring visitors.
    • The figures are always startlingly lifelike, yet never precisely to scale and always altered in some way.
    • Blacks are deep, with no sign of breakup or shimmer, and skin tones are both natural and lifelike.
    • It's all a natural progression for the character to be more lifelike and to have a level of understanding of her environment.
    • On the plus side, fleshtones are rather pleasant, appearing lifelike and natural.
    • He seems mostly to be running (he was one of the most hunted) and his curved horns are often detailed with lifelike ribbing.
    • In a week's time, he turned two large pieces of wood into detailed, lifelike recreations based on a photo.
    • The greens of the lawns and the grays of the stone walls were vivid and lifelike.
    Synonyms
    realistic, true to life, representational, faithful, authentic, exact, precise, detailed, vivid, graphic, natural, naturalistic, convincing, undistorted
 
 
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