请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 portrait
释义

Definition of portrait in English:

portrait

noun ˈpɔːtreɪtˈpɔːtrət
  • 1A painting, drawing, photograph, or engraving of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head and shoulders.

    a portrait of George III
    as modifier a portrait painter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She often painted portraits of herself, and of her relatives and friends.
    • The hunt for the identities of portraits hidden among onlookers in painted scenes has engaged some authors.
    • It is surely permissible to see in these two portraits the hand of a single painter.
    • As was the case with his predecessor, the most eloquent image of Leo X is his portrait by Raphael.
    • Many of his works consist of portraits or series of portraits of prosaic objects.
    • The heroine was played by Rita Luna, and her portrait was painted by Goya.
    • Gretl had her portrait painted by Gustav Klimt, the great Austrian Art Nouveau painter.
    • He broke with tradition when his official portrait was done in photographic form rather than a painting.
    • His exploits were commemorated in a series of paintings, portraits and engravings.
    • The picture above is from a engraving made from a portrait from life.
    • Ladies come to me for a gown as they go to a distinguished painter to get their portraits put on canvas.
    • Each is in turn derived from a familiar portrait by the likes of David and Holbein.
    • It's on now at the Richmond Art Gallery and consists of a series of portrait photograms and paintings.
    • It is in these interior scenes and portraits that art historians have most often claimed to detect the use of the camera.
    • His portrait by Gentile Bellini faces the visitor entering the first of the Ottoman rooms.
    • Although a rough and possibly abandoned study, it was almost certainly done at the time Gauguin was painting the portrait of him.
    • She enjoyed having studio photographic portraits taken of her and her dollies.
    • He made his reputation as a painter of small-scale portraits and genre scenes of contemporary city life.
    • There are three surviving painted portraits by Rubens which show Frans with his mother, Helena.
    • It is significant that on hearing of the death of Lacy, Bacon should have painted a triptych portrait of the dead man from memory.
    Synonyms
    painting, picture, drawing, sketch, likeness, image, study, representation, portrayal, depiction, canvas
    miniature, self-portrait, kit-cat portrait
    informal oil
    formal portraiture
    photograph, photo, studio portrait, picture, shot, study, still, snap, snapshot, vignette
    historical daguerreotype, carte de visite
    1. 1.1 A representation or impression of someone or something in language or on film or television.
      the writer builds up a fascinating portrait of a community
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The film is an affectionate portrait of his uncle and offers extensive access to its subject.
      • The story is a glowing portrait of a crusading humanitarian on a difficult mission to save his native land.
      • It should provide him with the perfect backdrop for an incisive portrait of a world unfamiliar to the general viewer.
      • What was your first collaboration and what led you to honor him with this film portrait?
      • I make no apologies for trying to make a portrait of a community.
      • It runs a little long, but it's worth seeing as a sensitive portrait of a community.
      • This portrait of his life and work is a fascinating insight into the underbelly of sin city.
      • The film is an intimate portrait of a woman and her mission of assassination.
      • A tragic story lies behind the portrait of his aunt Marianne, for example.
      • The bonus materials combine to paint a very nice portrait of the film and its background.
      • It's a fascinating portrait of a so-called serial killer, and a damning one of the society in which she lived.
      • The community portrait is based on first hand comments and observational camerawork.
      • It is through their portraits and their stories that I am able to tell another.
      • McCarthy's film is really a portrait of the risks and rewards of letting others see your vulnerable side.
      • It offers a fascinating portrait of 1950s South Africa and the resistance of young black writers.
      • Now his estranged son has filmed a portrait of the great architect, his buildings and his haunted life.
      • It is possible that this portrait of a fascinating metropolis deserves all the showered praise.
      • The film offered a portrait of a young Greek god, albeit an eccentric one, obsessed with speed, cinema and women.
      • The portrait is consistent with the impressions of Hanif's neighbours.
      • In their film version, these tales constitute living and precise portraits of manners.
      Synonyms
      description, portrayal, representation, depiction, impression, account, story, chronicle
      thumbnail sketch, vignette, profile, characterization
  • 2usually as modifier Denoting a format of printed matter which is higher than it is wide.

    you can print landscape and portrait pages in the same document
    Compare with landscape (sense 2 of the noun)
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It will not switch to portrait mode, though it does tilt and have vertical adjustments.
    • Rotating the screen through 90 degrees cause the image to be redrawn at that angle, going from a portrait view to landscape.
    • However, you can also twist the screen, close the clamshell and use it in portrait orientation like a PDA.
    • The computer does this and can rotate the screen from landscape to portrait mode.
    • If the phone is at a 180 degree position, the photo taken will be in portrait mode.
    • Next purchase would be a wide angle lens, then a portrait lens and so on.
    • The seventh button toggles full-screen text input on and off, the eighth flips the display from portrait mode to landscape.
    • The unit appears designed to be used in portrait mode for PDA operation and in a landscape orientation for navigation.
    • The screen will also adjust between a landscape and portrait view according to the content.
    • The portrait mode will result in a sharp object and blurred background, for instance.
    • The portrait mode is primarily intended to facilitate the device's use as an electronic book.
    • The Rotate button spins the display into a portrait format, which can be very handy when you're reading a long document.
    • This allows you physically to swivel the screen to either landscape or portrait configuration.

Derivatives

  • portraitist

  • noun ˈpɔːtreɪtɪstˈpɔːtrətɪstˈpɔrtrədəst
    • A painter, photographer, etc., who specializes in or is particularly skilled at portraits.

      Gerda is working as a portraitist of prominent citizens
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Like Rembrandt, his contemporaries among the Restoration portraitists favoured fanciful mythological guises.
      • Bernard was hugely influenced by the great portraitists - Rembrandt, Velasquez, Van Dyck, and our own Sir William Orpen.
      • There is also an array of works in the show by established portraitists.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French, past participle (used as a noun) of Old French portraire 'portray'.

  • abstract from Middle English:

    The Latin source of abstract, meant literally ‘drawn away’ and is from abstrahere, from the elements ab- ‘from’ and trahere ‘draw off’. The use in art dates from the mid 19th century. Trahere is found in many English words including: attract (Late Middle English) with ad ‘to’; portrait (mid 16th century), something drawn; protract (mid 16th century) with pro ‘out’; retract (Late Middle English) and retreat (Late Middle English) both drawing back; and words listed at train.

Video

 
 

Definition of portrait in US English:

portrait

noun
  • 1A painting, drawing, photograph, or engraving of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head and shoulders.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's on now at the Richmond Art Gallery and consists of a series of portrait photograms and paintings.
    • It is significant that on hearing of the death of Lacy, Bacon should have painted a triptych portrait of the dead man from memory.
    • There are three surviving painted portraits by Rubens which show Frans with his mother, Helena.
    • The hunt for the identities of portraits hidden among onlookers in painted scenes has engaged some authors.
    • Although a rough and possibly abandoned study, it was almost certainly done at the time Gauguin was painting the portrait of him.
    • The heroine was played by Rita Luna, and her portrait was painted by Goya.
    • Gretl had her portrait painted by Gustav Klimt, the great Austrian Art Nouveau painter.
    • It is in these interior scenes and portraits that art historians have most often claimed to detect the use of the camera.
    • It is surely permissible to see in these two portraits the hand of a single painter.
    • Many of his works consist of portraits or series of portraits of prosaic objects.
    • His portrait by Gentile Bellini faces the visitor entering the first of the Ottoman rooms.
    • She often painted portraits of herself, and of her relatives and friends.
    • She enjoyed having studio photographic portraits taken of her and her dollies.
    • Each is in turn derived from a familiar portrait by the likes of David and Holbein.
    • His exploits were commemorated in a series of paintings, portraits and engravings.
    • He broke with tradition when his official portrait was done in photographic form rather than a painting.
    • Ladies come to me for a gown as they go to a distinguished painter to get their portraits put on canvas.
    • The picture above is from a engraving made from a portrait from life.
    • He made his reputation as a painter of small-scale portraits and genre scenes of contemporary city life.
    • As was the case with his predecessor, the most eloquent image of Leo X is his portrait by Raphael.
    Synonyms
    painting, picture, drawing, sketch, likeness, image, study, representation, portrayal, depiction, canvas
    photograph, photo, studio portrait, picture, shot, study, still, snap, snapshot, vignette
    1. 1.1 A representation or impression of someone or something in language or on film.
      the writer builds up a full and fascinating portrait of a community
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The film offered a portrait of a young Greek god, albeit an eccentric one, obsessed with speed, cinema and women.
      • In their film version, these tales constitute living and precise portraits of manners.
      • It's a fascinating portrait of a so-called serial killer, and a damning one of the society in which she lived.
      • The portrait is consistent with the impressions of Hanif's neighbours.
      • A tragic story lies behind the portrait of his aunt Marianne, for example.
      • This portrait of his life and work is a fascinating insight into the underbelly of sin city.
      • It is possible that this portrait of a fascinating metropolis deserves all the showered praise.
      • The film is an affectionate portrait of his uncle and offers extensive access to its subject.
      • It runs a little long, but it's worth seeing as a sensitive portrait of a community.
      • The community portrait is based on first hand comments and observational camerawork.
      • It is through their portraits and their stories that I am able to tell another.
      • It offers a fascinating portrait of 1950s South Africa and the resistance of young black writers.
      • What was your first collaboration and what led you to honor him with this film portrait?
      • It should provide him with the perfect backdrop for an incisive portrait of a world unfamiliar to the general viewer.
      • The bonus materials combine to paint a very nice portrait of the film and its background.
      • The film is an intimate portrait of a woman and her mission of assassination.
      • McCarthy's film is really a portrait of the risks and rewards of letting others see your vulnerable side.
      • I make no apologies for trying to make a portrait of a community.
      • The story is a glowing portrait of a crusading humanitarian on a difficult mission to save his native land.
      • Now his estranged son has filmed a portrait of the great architect, his buildings and his haunted life.
      Synonyms
      description, portrayal, representation, depiction, impression, account, story, chronicle
  • 2usually as modifier (of a page, book, or illustration, or the manner in which it is set or printed) higher than it is wide.

    you can print landscape and portrait pages in the same document
    Compare with landscape (sense 2 of the noun)
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Next purchase would be a wide angle lens, then a portrait lens and so on.
    • The screen will also adjust between a landscape and portrait view according to the content.
    • If the phone is at a 180 degree position, the photo taken will be in portrait mode.
    • The seventh button toggles full-screen text input on and off, the eighth flips the display from portrait mode to landscape.
    • Rotating the screen through 90 degrees cause the image to be redrawn at that angle, going from a portrait view to landscape.
    • It will not switch to portrait mode, though it does tilt and have vertical adjustments.
    • This allows you physically to swivel the screen to either landscape or portrait configuration.
    • The computer does this and can rotate the screen from landscape to portrait mode.
    • The Rotate button spins the display into a portrait format, which can be very handy when you're reading a long document.
    • However, you can also twist the screen, close the clamshell and use it in portrait orientation like a PDA.
    • The unit appears designed to be used in portrait mode for PDA operation and in a landscape orientation for navigation.
    • The portrait mode is primarily intended to facilitate the device's use as an electronic book.
    • The portrait mode will result in a sharp object and blurred background, for instance.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French, past participle (used as a noun) of Old French portraire ‘portray’.

 
 
随便看

 

英语词典包含464360条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 21:13:29