| 单词 | picture |
| 释义 | picture (once / 32 pages) 1nv 2nv 3n Use the verb picture if you want people to imagine something vividly in their minds. If your story about your principal and some chickens is descriptive enough, your friends can picture the whole incident. A picture is also a piece of art made by painting or drawing, like the pictures by famous artists you see in a museum. In a book, a picture is an illustration that accompanies the text, often in a child's picture book. You can also call a photograph a picture. Your dad might take so many pictures on vacation that it seems like you spent your entire childhood hiding from his camera. WORD FAMILYpicture: pictural, pictured, pictures, picturesque, picturing+/pictured: unpictured/picturesque: picturesquely, picturesqueness, unpicturesque/picturesqueness: picturesquenesses/picturing: picturings/unpicturesque: unpicturesquely USAGE EXAMPLES“But in doing so, they lose the bigger picture of transforming the body.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Pictures of them line the walls of the club’s gym, groups of a dozen men in camouflage clustered around the blue-and-red flag of the separatists. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Never imagined I would be signing pictures for people 50 years later. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface they showed us the pictures of their wedding Syn|Hypo|Hyper icon, ikon, image bitmap, electronic image an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels chiaroscuroa monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color collage, montagea paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image foil, transparencypicture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector computer graphic, graphican image that is generated by a computer iconographythe images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject inseta small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one likeness, semblancepicture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing cyclorama, diorama, panoramaa picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene reflection, reflexionthe image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material) CAT scan, scanan image produced by scanning echogram, sonograman image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs grisaillechiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of grey imitating the effect of relief Identikit, Identikit picturea likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought photomontagea montage that uses photographic images portrait, portrayalany likeness of a person, in any medium lantern slide, slidea transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector overhead, viewgrapha transparency for use with an overhead projector representation a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something 2n graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface his pictures hang in the Louvre Syn|Hypo|Hyper painting abstraction an abstract painting cityscapepainting depicting a city or urban area dauban unskillful painting distempera painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder finger-paintinga painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers icon, ikona conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church landscapepainting depicting an expanse of natural scenery illumination, miniaturepainting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) monochromepainting done in a range of tones of a single color mural, wall paintinga painting that is applied to a wall surface nude, nude paintinga painting of a naked human figure oil paintinga picture painted with oil paints pentimentothe reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age) sand paintinga painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho); made of fine colored sands on a neutral background seascape, waterscapea painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape) semi-abstractiona semiabstract painting still lifea painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers tankaa Tibetan religious painting on fabric trompe l'oeila painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its reality water-color, water-colour, watercolor, watercoloura painting produced with watercolors canvas, canvassan oil painting on canvas fabric frescoa mural done with watercolors on wet plaster gouachea watercolor executed with opaque watercolors mixed with gum wash, wash drawinga watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other graphic art the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking 3n illustrations used to decorate or explain a text the dictionary had many pictures Syn|Hyper pictorial matter illustration artwork that helps make something clear or attractive 4v show in, or as in, a picture 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper depict, render, show illustrate depict with an illustration mapdepict as if on a map interpret, represent create an image or likeness of 1n a situation treated as an observable object the political picture is favorable Syn|Hyper scene situation, state of affairs the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time 2n a clear and telling mental image he had no clear picture of himself or his world Syn|Hyper impression, mental picture image, mental image an iconic mental representation 3n 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 Syn|Hypo|Hyper characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word picture, word-painting epithet descriptive word or phrase portrait, portraiture, portrayala word picture of a person's appearance and character description, verbal description a statement that represents something in words 4n a typical example of some state or quality the very picture of a modern general she was the picture of despair Hyper exemplification, typification a representational or typifying form or model 5v imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind 3Syn|Hyper envision, fancy, figure, image, project, see, visualise, visualize realise, realize, see, understand perceive (an idea or situation) mentally visualise, visualizeform a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case 1n a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material Syn|Hypo|Hyper exposure, photo, photograph, pic beefcake a photograph of a muscular man in minimal attire black and white, monochromea black-and-white photograph or slide blueprintphotographic print of plans or technical drawings etc. cheesecakea photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire closeupa photograph taken at close range daguerreotypea photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor blowup, enlargement, magnificationa photographic print that has been enlarged framea single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film glossya photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper headshota photograph of a person's head hologram, holographthe intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography longshota photograph taken from a distance microdotphotograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security) arial mosaic, mosaic, photomosaicarrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture mug shot, mugshota photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records) photocopya photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work photographic print, printa printed picture produced from a photographic negative photomicrographa photograph taken with the help of a microscope radiogram, radiograph, shadowgraph, skiagram, skiagrapha photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays) shot, snap, snapshotan informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera spectrogram, spectrographa photographic record of a spectrum stereo, stereoscopic photograph, stereoscopic picturetwo photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together stilla static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes) telephoto, telephotographa photograph made with a telephoto lens telephotographa photograph transmitted and reproduced over a distance time exposurea photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time vignettea photograph whose edges shade off gradually wedding picturephotographs of bride and groom and their friends taken at their wedding scene, shota consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film anaglyphmoving or still pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed autoradiographa radiogram produced by radiation emitted by the specimen being photographed cutouta photograph from which the background has been cut away photostata photocopy made on a Photostat machine proofa trial photographic print from a negative radiophoto, radiophotographa photograph transmitted by radio waves X ray, X-ray, X-ray photograph, X-ray picture, roentgenograma radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis visible speechspectrogram of speech; speech displayed spectrographically outtakea scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film representation a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something 2n the visible part of a television transmission they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone Syn|Hyper video visual communication communication that relies on vision 3n a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement Syn|Hypo|Hyper film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture show telefilm a movie that is made to be shown on television feature, feature filmthe principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater final cutthe final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer home moviea film made at home by an amateur photographer collage filma movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage coming attractiona movie that is advertised to draw customers shoot-'em-upa movie featuring shooting and violence short subjecta brief film; often shown prior to showing the feature docudrama, documentary, documentary film, infotainmenta film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event cinema veritea movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director film noira movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters skin flicka pornographic movie rough cutthe first print of a movie after preliminary editing silent movie, silent picture, silentsa movie without a soundtrack slow motiona movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate talkie, talking picturea movie with synchronized speech and singing 3-D, 3D, three-Da movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance musical, musical comedy, musical theatera play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing Western, horse operaa film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development animated cartoon, cartoon, toona film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence newsreela short film and commentary about current events peepshowa short pornographic film shown in a small coin-operated booth product, production an artifact that has been created by someone or some process showa social event involving a public performance or entertainment |
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