| 单词 | silhouette |
| 释义 | silhouette /sil'ooh et"/, n. , v. , silhouetted, silhouetting. n. 1. a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, esp. a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a famous person's face. 2. the outline or general shape of something: the slim silhouette of a skyscraper. 3. a dark image outlined against a lighter background. v.t. 4. to show in or as if in a silhouette. 5. Print. to remove the background details from (a halftone cut) so as to produce an outline effect. [1790-1800; < F à la silhouette, after Etienne de Silhouette (1709-67), French finance minister] |
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