单词 | picture |
释义 | pic·ture I. 1. obsolete a. b. 2. a. < old pictures of the family > < pictures of the wedding > especially < walls hung with pictures > < picture dealer > b. obsolete 3. < he hath drawn my picture in his letter — Shakespeare > < language, our most faithful and indispensable picture of human experience — Susanne K. Langer > < horn and trumpet become parts of a musical picture > 4. a. < the boy is the picture of his father > b. < she was the very picture of grief > < the picture of health > 5. a. < adjusting the television set for a brighter picture > b. < a Western picture > c. pictures plural, chiefly Britain < have a few drinks with their friends, and a grill, and then perhaps the pictures — Nevil Shute > 6. < shocks of corn were dotted about in her mind pictures — Elizabeth M. Roberts > 7. < the ship was really a picture with all her sails unfurled > 8. < created a world with his words, and his fine image is never lost because of unnecessary stage pictures — Virginia B. Slaughter > 9. a. < in all matters artistic, personal taste enters into the picture — John Gutman > b. < drew an alarming picture of the economic future > c. < need more details to understand the full picture > d. < in the spring the employment picture will change > II. 1. a. < pictured holding a banner aloft > b. < the room they finished for him is pictured on this page — Kathryn Larson > c. < printing, airing, and picturing the news — F.L.Mott > 2. < illustrated his letters as he did, picturing what he couldn't put so well into words — J.K.Hutchens > 3. < likes to picture the triumph of well-born Nordics over the Canadian wilderness — Malcolm Cowley > 4. < the children … were picturing a beautiful, sad face, and the figure of a noble lady moving among her soldiers — Grace Kinnicut > 5. Synonyms: see represent |
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