picture
→n THESAURUS1picture2 verb →n GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
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nounLanguage: Latin
Origin: pictura, from pictus, past participle of pingere 'to paint'
picture of
draw/paint a/sb’s picture
2. PHOTOGRAPH [countable] a photograph
picture of
take sb’s picture/take a picture of somebody
wedding/holiday etc pictures
3. TELEVISION [countable] an image that appears on a television or cinema screen
picture of
4. DESCRIPTION/IDEA [countable usually singular] a description or idea of what something is like
picture of
5. SITUATION [singular] the general situation in a place, organization etc:
big/bigger/wider picture
6. MENTAL IMAGE [countable usually singular] an image or memory that you have in your mind:
7. put/keep somebody in the picture to give someone all the information they need to understand a situation, especially one that is changing quickly:
8. get the picture informal to understand a situation:
9. out of the picture if someone is out of the picture, they are no longer involved in a situation:
10. FILM
a. [countable] a film:
b. the pictures [plural] British English the cinema:
11. be the picture of health/innocence/despair etc to look very healthy etc:
12. be/look a picture to look beautiful
⇨ pretty as a picture at pretty2(7)
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verb [transitive]1. to imagine something by making an image in your mind:
picture somebody/something as something
picture somebody doing something
picture what/how
2. [usually passive] to show someone or something in a photograph, painting, or drawing:
3. [usually passive] to describe something in a particular way
be pictured as something
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picture a scene, person or thing that has been represented on paper using a pencil, a pen or paint 指用铅笔、钢笔或颜料画出的图画、绘画 :◆ The children were drawing pictures of their pets. 孩子在画他们的宠物。 painting a picture that has been made using paint 指用颜料画出的图画、绘画 :◆ a collection of paintings by American artists 美国艺术家的绘画作品集 drawing a picture that has been made using a pencil or pen, not paint 指用铅笔或钢笔而非颜料画出的图画、素描画 :◆ a pencil/charcoal drawing 铅笔画;炭笔画 portrait a painting, drawing or photograph of a person, especially of the head and shoulders 指肖像、半身画像、半身照 :◆ Vermeer's 'Portrait of the artist in his studio' 弗美尔的 “艺术家在工作室的肖像” ◆ a self-portrait (= a painting that you do of yourself )自画像 print a picture that has been copied from a painting using photography 指(用照相制版法制作的)绘画复制品 :◆ a Renoir print 一张雷诺阿画作的影印件 sketch a simple picture that is drawn quickly and does not have many details 指素描、速写、草图 :◆ I usually do a few very rough sketches before I start on a painting. 我开始作画之前通常会画几幅草图。
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to draw a picture/portrait/sketchto paint a picture/portraitto make a painting/drawing/portrait/print/sketchto do a painting/drawing/portrait/sketch
photograph a picture that has been made using a camera 指照片、相片 :◆ a photograph of the house 这座房子的照片 ◆ Can I take a photograph? 我可以拍个照吗? picture a photograph 指照片、相片 :◆ We had our picture taken in front of the hotel. 我们在旅馆前照了相。 photo a photograph 指照片、相片 :◆ a passport photo 护照照片
photograph, picture or photo? 用 photograph、picture 还是 photo?
shot a photograph 指照片、相片 :◆ I tried to get a shot of him in the water. 我试着给他拍一张在水中的照片。 NOTE Shot often places more emphasis on the process of taking the photograph, rather than the finished picture.* shot 通常更强调拍摄照片的过程,而非已拍出的照片。 snapshot/snap an informal photograph that is taken quickly, and not by a professional photographer 指非专业摄影师随手抓拍的照片 :◆ holiday snaps 度假时随手拍的照片 print a copy of a photograph that is produced from film or from a digital camera 指由胶片或数码相机洗印的照片 :◆ a set of prints 一套照片
Patterns
a colour photograph/picture/photo/snap/printto take a photograph/picture/photo/shot/snapshot
◆ The picture shows a family gathered around a kitchen table.照片中一家人围坐在餐桌旁。 ◆ This is a picture/photo of a busy city street.这张图/照片里是一条繁华的城市街道。 ◆ In the foreground/background, we can see a group of protesters.在前景/背景中,我们可以看到一群示威者。 ◆ In the bottom right-hand corner/top left-hand corner, there's a child sitting alone.在右下角/左上角,有一个孩子孤零零地坐在那里。 ◆ On the left/On the right/In the middle, someone is standing with a bottle in his hand.在左边/右边/中间,站着一个手里拿着瓶子的人。 ◆ In the cartoon, we can see two people looking at a newspaper headline.在漫画中,我们可以看到两个人在看报纸的大字标题。 ◆ The cartoonist has drawn the man to represent a typical businessman.漫画家把这个男人画成一个典型的商人。
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◆ The picture shows a family gathered around a kitchen table.照片中一家人围坐在餐桌旁。 ◆ This is a picture/photo of a busy city street.这张图/照片里是一条繁华的城市街道。 ◆ In the foreground/background, we can see a group of protesters.在前景/背景中,我们可以看到一群示威者。 ◆ In the bottom right-hand corner/top left-hand corner, there's a child sitting alone.在右下角/左上角,有一个孩子孤零零地坐在那里。 ◆ On the left/On the right/In the middle, someone is standing with a bottle in his hand.在左边/右边/中间,站着一个手里拿着瓶子的人。 ◆ In the cartoon, we can see two people looking at a newspaper headline.在漫画中,我们可以看到两个人在看报纸的大字标题。 ◆ The cartoonist has drawn the man to represent a typical businessman.漫画家把这个男人画成一个典型的商人。