英语词汇“picture”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	picture
释义	pic·ture I. \ˈpikchə(r), -ksh-\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Latin pictura, from pictus (past participle of pingere to paint) + -ura -ure — more at paint 1. obsolete a. : the act, process, or art of painting : representation by painting b. : pictorial representations 2. a. : a representation (as of a person, landscape, building) on canvas, paper, or other surface produced by painting, drawing, engraving, or photography < old pictures of the family > < pictures of the wedding > especially : such representation as a work of art < walls hung with pictures > < picture dealer > b. obsolete : statue, model 3. : a description so vivid or graphic as to suggest a mental image or give an accurate idea of the thing described < he hath drawn my picture in his letter — Shakespeare > < language, our most faithful and indispensable picture of human experience — Susanne K. Langer > < horn and trumpet become parts of a musical picture > 4. a. : something that by its likeness vividly suggests some other thing : copy < the boy is the picture of his father > b. : a concrete embodiment of an abstraction : illustration, symbol < she was the very picture of grief > < the picture of health > 5. a. : a transitory visible image or reproduction due to the working of physical laws or made by utilizing such laws (as with a lens) < adjusting the television set for a brighter picture > b. : motion picture < a Western picture > c. pictures plural, chiefly Britain : movies < have a few drinks with their friends, and a grill, and then perhaps the pictures — Nevil Shute > 6. : a mental image < shocks of corn were dotted about in her mind pictures — Elizabeth M. Roberts > 7. : a picturesque person or thing < the ship was really a picture with all her sails unfurled > 8. : tableau 1 < created a world with his words, and his fine image is never lost because of unnecessary stage pictures — Virginia B. Slaughter > 9. a. : a scene or a set of facts or circumstances immediately present to the attention : a field of observation < in all matters artistic, personal taste enters into the picture — John Gutman > b. : verbal or graphic presentation of a problem or situation < drew an alarming picture of the economic future > c. : pattern, configuration < need more details to understand the full picture > d. : situation < in the spring the employment picture will change > II. transitive verb (pictured ; pictured ; picturing \-chəriŋ, -sh(ə)r-\ ; pictures) Etymology: Middle English picturen, from picture (I) 1. a. : to paint or draw a representation, image, or visual conception of : form a likeness of on a surface : depict < pictured holding a banner aloft > b. : to show a picture of < the room they finished for him is pictured on this page — Kathryn Larson > c. : to present (as a narrative) in pictures or provide with pictures : illustrate < printing, airing, and picturing the news — F.L.Mott > 2. : to represent (something abstract or imperceptible) in visible or symbolic form : portray < illustrated his letters as he did, picturing what he couldn't put so well into words — J.K.Hutchens > 3. : to describe graphically : describe vividly in words < likes to picture the triumph of well-born Nordics over the Canadian wilderness — Malcolm Cowley > 4. : to form a mental image or definite impression of : imagine < the children … were picturing a beautiful, sad face, and the figure of a noble lady moving among her soldiers — Grace Kinnicut > 5. : to photograph for showing as a motion picture Synonyms: see represent
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