picture
英 ['p?kt??]
美['p?kt??]
- n. 照片，圖畫；影片；景色；化身
- vt. 畫；想像；描寫
英英釋意
- 1. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface;
- "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"
- "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"
- 2. graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface;
- "a small painting by Picasso"
- "he bought the painting as an investment"
- "his pictures hang in the Louvre"
- 3. a clear and telling mental image;
- "he described his mental picture of his assailant"
- "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"
- "the events left a permanent impression in his mind"
- 4. a situation treated as an observable object;
- "the political picture is favorable"
- "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
- 5. illustrations used to decorate or explain a text;
- "the dictionary had many pictures"
- 6. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement;
- "they went to a movie every Saturday night"
- "the film was shot on location"
- 7. the visible part of a television transmission;
- "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"
- 8. a graphic or vivid verbal description;
- "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"
- "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"
- "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
- 9. a typical example of some state or quality;
- "the very picture of a modern general"
- "she was the picture of despair"
