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单词 vignette
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vignette

[ vin-yet ]
/ vɪnˈyɛt /
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noun

a decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter.
an engraving, drawing, photograph, or the like that is shaded off gradually at the edges so as to leave no definite line at the border.
a decorative design representing branches, leaves, grapes, or the like, as in a manuscript.
any small, pleasing picture or view.
a small, graceful literary sketch.

verb (used with object), vi·gnet·ted, vi·gnet·ting.

Photography. to finish (a picture, photograph, etc.) in the manner of a vignette.

Origin of vignette

1745–55; <French: literally, little vine (see vine, -ette); so called from vinelike decorations in early books

OTHER WORDS FROM vignette

vi·gnet·tist, noun

Words nearby vignette

Vigilius, vigil light, Vigil Mass, vigintillion, vigneron, vignette, vignetter, vignetting, Vignola, Vigny, Vigo
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British Dictionary definitions for vignette

vignette
/ (vɪˈnjɛt) /

noun

verb (tr)

to finish (a photograph, picture, etc) with a fading border in the form of a vignette
  1. to decorate with vignettes
  2. to portray in or as in a vignette

Derived forms of vignette

vignettist, noun

Word Origin for vignette

C18: from French, literally: little vine, from vigne vine; with reference to the vine motif frequently used in embellishments to a text
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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