首页英语词典picturepicture英英释意

picture

英['pɪktʃə] 美['pɪktʃɚ]
  • n. 照片,图画;影片;景色;化身
  • vt. 画;想像;描写

英英释意


1. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface;
"they showed us the pictures of their wedding"
"a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"
2. graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface;
"a small painting by Picasso"
"he bought the painting as an investment"
"his pictures hang in the Louvre"
3. a clear and telling mental image;
"he described his mental picture of his assailant"
"he had no clear picture of himself or his world"
"the events left a permanent impression in his mind"
4. a situation treated as an observable object;
"the political picture is favorable"
"the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
5. illustrations used to decorate or explain a text;
"the dictionary had many pictures"
6. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement;
"they went to a movie every Saturday night"
"the film was shot on location"
7. the visible part of a television transmission;
"they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"
8. a graphic or vivid verbal description;
"too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"
"the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"
"the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
9. a typical example of some state or quality;
"the very picture of a modern general"
"she was the picture of despair"