| 单词 | pen portrait |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspen portrait pen portrait n. (a) now rare, a portrait executed in pen; (b) a written description of a person, place, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun] > graphic or vivid > a vivid description imagec1522 picture1531 portraiture1592 portrait1596 word picture1835 photograph1841 pen portrait1850 1850 Ladies' Repository Apr. 143/2 We apologized, as well as we could, for the absence of the usual Pen-Portrait for the month. 1884 E. Yates Recoll. & Experiences II. 227 To visit and make a pen-portrait of him. 1998 Sunday Times (Nexis) 11 Oct. (Features section) I..ask myself whether a redundant Durham miner, or even a member of Tony Blair's new model Labour party, would find much of themselves in Paxman's pen portraits of England. < as lemmas |
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