单词	silhouette
释义	noun | verb silhouettesilhouette1 /ˌsɪluˈɛt, ˈsɪluˌɛt/ noun Etymology ETYMOLOGYsilhouette1 Origin: 1700-1800 French, from Étienne de Silhouette (1709-1767), French politician famous for not liking to spend money, and therefore appropriately giving his name to a cheap simple picture Collocations COLLOCATIONS► in silhouette  The stamp shows a woman in silhouette. 1 [countable] a dark image, shadow, or shape, that you see against a light background:  We could see her silhouette through the curtains.silhouette against the silhouette of the tree against the moon2[countable, uncountable] a drawing of someone or something that shows the outer shape, usually from the side, filled in with black against a light background:  a collection of portraits and silhouettes The stamp shows a woman in silhouette.3[countable] a particular shape that clothes have:  wool suits with a new narrower silhouette [Origin: 1700–1800 French, from Étienne de Silhouette (1709–1767), French politician famous for not liking to spend money, and therefore appropriately giving his name to a cheap simple picture] noun | verb silhouettesilhouette2 verb be silhouetted (against something) to appear as a dark shape in front of a light background:  the mountains silhouetted against the sky
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