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单词 portrait
释义 por·trait
I. \ˈpōr.trə̇]t, ˈpȯr.-, ˈpōə.-, ˈpȯ(ə).-, -.ˌtrā], usu ]d.+V\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: probably from obsolete portrait portrayed, from Middle English, from Middle French, past part, of pourtraire to portray — more at portray
archaic : portray
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French, from past participle of portraire to portray
1. : picture; especially : a painting, drawing, or other pictorial representation of a person usually showing his face
 < the best-known photographic portraits of internationally important personages — Current Biography >
2. : a sculptured figure : bust, statue
 < has modeled some notable portraits of women — Current Biography >
3. : a visible representation or likeness : image, similitude
 < seemed a veritable portrait of his father >
4. : a graphic portrayal in words : a verbal description
 < such portraits reveal as clearly as the longer poems his weight of intellect — Encyc. Americana >
 < show that in the final analysis the primary purpose of fiction is not education, not history, not even a portrait of truth, but the entertainment of the reader — F.O.Baker >
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