picture 英 [ˈpɪktʃə(r)] 　 美 [ˈpɪktʃɚ]

picture

picture　 英 [ˈpɪktʃə(r)] 美 [ˈpɪktʃɚ]

n. 照片，图画；　 vt. 画；想像；　

进行时:picturing　 过去式:pictured　 过去分词:pictured　 第三人称单数:pictures　 名词复数:pictures　

A picture of flowers hung on the wall.　墙上挂着一张花卉的图画。
The children were drawing pictures of their pets.　孩子们在画他们的宠物。

  • 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.
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  • n. 照片，图画；
  • vt. 画；想像；

  • 1. A picture of flowers hung on the wall.

    墙上挂着一张花卉的图画。

  • 2. The children were drawing pictures of their pets.

    孩子们在画他们的宠物。

  • 3. a book with lots of pictures in it

    一本有大量插图的书

  • 4. Have you got any pictures of your trip?

    你有这次旅行的照片吗？

  • 5. The picture isn't very clear tonight.

    今晚电视画面不怎么清楚。

  • 6. The police are trying to build up a picture of what happened.

    警方正试图掌握事情发生的经过。

  • 7. Just a few years ago the picture was very different.

    几年前的情况就大不相同。

  • 8. I can still picture the house I grew up in.

    我还能回忆起我童年时住的那座房子。

  • 9. I tried to picture what it would be like to live alone.

    我努力设想一个人单独生活是什么情景。

  • picture (n.) early 15c., "drawing, painting," from Latin pictura "painting," from pictus, past participle of pingere "to make pictures, to paint, to embroider," (see paint (v.)). Picture window is from 1938. Picture post-card first recorded 1899. Phrase every picture tells a story first attested 1900, in advertisements for an illustrated life of Christ. To be in (or out of) the picture in the figurative sense dates to 1900.
  • picture (v.) late 15c. in the literal sense; 1738 in the mental sense, from picture (n.). Related: Pictured; picturing.
pic·ture ★ / ˈpɪktʃə(r) ; NAmE ˈpɪktʃər / noun , verb picture pictures pictured picturing noun ★ painting/drawing 绘画 1 ★ [countable ] a painting or drawing, etc. that shows a scene, a person or thing 图画；绘画 ◆ A picture of flowers hung on the wall. 墙上挂着一张花卉的图画。 ◆ The children were drawing picturesof their pets. 孩子们在画他们的宠物。 ◆ She wanted a famous artist to paint her picture (= a picture of herself). 她想请一位名画家为自己画像。 ◆ a book with lots of pictures in it 一本有大量插图的书 photograph 照片 2 ★ [countable ] a photograph 相片；照片 ◆ We had our picture takenin front of the hotel. 我们在旅馆前照了像。 ◆ The picture shows the couple together on their yacht. 照片显示这对情侣一同在他们的游艇上。 ◆ Have you got any pictures of your trip? 你有这次旅行的照片吗？ ☞synonyms at photograph on TV 电视 3 ★ [countable ] an image on a television screen 电视图像 ◆ harrowing television pictures of the famine 电视上悲惨的饥荒画面 ◆ satellite pictures 卫星图像 ◆ The picture isn't very clear tonight. 今晚电视画面不怎么清楚。 description 描述 4 ★ [countable ,  usually singular ] a description that gives you an idea in your mind of what sth is like 描绘；描述 ◆ The writer paints a gloomy picture of the economy. 作者把经济状况描绘得一片惨淡。 ◆ The police are trying to build up a pictureof what happened. 警方正试图掌握事情发生的经过。 mental image 印象 5 ★ [countable ,  usually singular ] a mental image or memory of sth 头脑中的情景；记忆；印象 ◆ I have a vivid picture of my grandfather smiling down at me when I was very small. 我清楚地记得很小的时候祖父低头向我微笑的情景。 general situation 局面 6 the picture [singular ] the general situation concerning sb/sth 状况；情形；形势 ◆ Just a few years ago the picture was very different. 几年前的情况就大不相同。 ◆ The overall picture for farming is encouraging. 农业的总体形势是令人鼓舞的。 movies 电影 7 [countable ] a film/movie 电影 ◆ The movie won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture. 这部电影荣获九项奥斯卡金像奖，包括最佳影片奖。 ◆ ( especially NAmE) I believe her husband's in pictures (= he acts in movies or works in the movie industry). 我想她丈夫是在电影圈工作。 ☞see also motion picture 8 the pictures [plural ] ( old-fashioned, informal) the cinema/the movies 电影院；影剧院 ◆ Shall we go to the pictures tonight? 今晚我们去看电影好吗？ IDIOMS be/look a ˈpicture to look very beautiful or special 好看；悦目 be the picture of ˈhealth, ˈguilt, ˈmisery, etc. ( informal) to look extremely healthy, guilty, unhappy, etc. 显得非常健康（或内疚、不愉快等） get the ˈpicture ( informal) to understand a situation, especially one that sb is describing to you 明白，了解（别人描述的情形） ◆ ‘I pretended that I hadn't heard.’ ‘I get the picture.’ “我装作没听见。”“我明白了。” in/out of the ˈpicture ( informal) involved/not involved in a situation 在局内╱局外 ◆ Morris is likely to win, with Jones out of the picture now. 琼斯现已出局，莫里斯极有可能胜出。 put/keep sb in the ˈpicture ( informal) to give sb the information they need in order to understand a situation 介绍情况；使了解情况 ◆ Just to put you in the picture—there have been a number of changes here recently. 只是让你了解一下情况吧，最近这里出现了许多变化。 ☞more at big   adj. , paint   v. , pretty   adj. verb imagine 想像 1 to imagine sb/sth; to create an image of sb/sth in your mind 想像；设想；忆起 picturesb/sth ◆ I can still picture the house I grew up in. 我还能回忆起我童年时住的那座房子。 picturesb/sth as sth ◆ We found it hard to picture him as the father of teenage sons. 我们很难想像他居然是有几个十几岁儿子的父亲了。 picturesb/sth doing sth ◆ When he did not come home she pictured him lying dead on the roadside somewhere. 当他没有回家，她想像着他已横尸路边了。 picturewhat, how, etc… ◆ I tried to picture what it would be like to live alone. 我努力设想一个人单独生活是什么情景。 describe 描绘 2 [often passive ] picturesb/sth as sth to describe or present sb/sth in a particular way 描述；描写 SYN portray ◆ Before the trial Liz had been pictured as a frail woman dominated by her husband. 审讯之前，利兹被描绘成受丈夫操纵的孱弱女子。 show in photograph 照片显示 3 [usually passive ] to show sb/sth in a photograph or picture 显示在照片上；用图片显示 picturesb/sth (+ adv./prep/adj.) ◆ She is pictured here with her parents. 这张照片显示她和父母在一起。 picturesb/sth doing sth ◆ The team is pictured setting off on their European tour. 图片显示，这个队正开始欧洲之行。 SYNONYMS 同义词辨析 picture painting ◆drawing ◆portrait ◆print ◆sketch These are all words for a scene, person or thing that has been represented on paper by drawing, painting, etc. 以上各词均表示图画、绘画。 ■ 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／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“艺术家在画室的肖像” ◆ 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。 PATTERNS ◆ to drawa picture/portrait/sketch ◆ to painta picture/portrait ◆ to makea painting/drawing/portrait/print/sketch ◆ to doa painting/drawing/portrait/sketch pic·ture / ˈpɪktʃə(r) ; NAmE ˈpɪktʃər /
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