1 N-COUNT 圖畫;繪畫;圖片 A
picture consists of lines and shapes which are drawn, painted, or printed on a surface and show a person, thing, or scene.
圖畫;繪畫;圖片 2 N-COUNT 照片 A
picture is a photograph.
照片 -
The tourists have nothing to do but take pictures of each other. [+ of]
遊客無事可做,只能互相拍照。
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The Observer carries a big front-page picture of rioters in a litter-strewn street.
《觀察家報》在頭版刊登了一張暴亂者聚集在滿是垃圾的街頭的大幅照片。
3 N-COUNT [usually plural] (電視)圖像,畫面 Television
pictures are the scenes which you see on a television screen.
(電視)圖像,畫面 4 VERB [usually passive] (在報紙、雜志等上)登載…的照片(或圖片) To
be pictured somewhere, for example in a newspaper or magazine, means to appear in a photograph or picture.
(在報紙、雜志等上)登載…的照片(或圖片) -
The golfer is pictured on many of the front pages, kissing his trophy as he holds it aloft. [be VERB-ed]
許多報紙的頭版上都刊登了那個高爾夫球手高高舉起獎杯親吻的照片。
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...a woman who claimed she had been pictured dancing with a celebrity in Stringfellows nightclub. [be V-ed v-ing]
宣稱自己在斯特林費洛夜總會和某位名人跳舞的照片上了報紙的女子
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The rattan and wrought-iron chair pictured here costs £125. [VERB-ed]
這張圖片中的鐵藝藤椅要價125英鎊。
5 N-COUNT 影片;電影 You can refer to a film as a
picture .
影片;電影 6 N-PLURAL 電影院 If you go to
the pictures, you go to a cinema to see a film.
電影院 [British] in AM, use 美國英語用 the movies
7 N-COUNT 想象;印象;心中的形象;頭腦中的情景 If you have a
picture of something in your mind, you have a clear idea or memory of it in your mind as if you were actually seeing it.
想象;印象;心中的形象;頭腦中的情景 -
They have in their mind a picture of what an alcoholic should look like.
他們的心中有一個酒鬼應有的樣子。
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We are just trying to get our picture of the whole afternoon straight. [+ of]
我們只是想把整個下午的情形搞清楚。
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I tried to put the picture from my mind.
我試圖將這幅畫面從腦海中抹去。
8 VERB 想象;設想 If you
picture something in your mind, you think of it and have such a clear memory or idea of it that you seem to be able to see it.
想象;設想 [Also V n adj] -
He pictured her with long black braided hair. [VERB noun prep.]
他想象她留着黑油油的長辮子的樣子。
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I never would have pictured this as her home. [VERB noun prep.]
我怎麽也想不出她的家會是這樣。
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He pictured Claire sitting out in the car, waiting for him. [VERB noun verb-ing]
他想象克萊爾坐在外面車裏等他的情景。
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She pictured herself working with animals. [V n -ing]
她設想自己從事接觸動物的工作。
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I tried to picture the place, but could not. [VERB noun]
我盡力想象那個地方,但想不出來。
9 N-COUNT [usually singular] 描述;描繪;寫照 A
picture of something is a description of it or an indication of what it is like.
描述;描繪;寫照 -
I'll try and give you a better picture of what the boys do. [+ of]
我會試着更清楚地向你描述一下這些男孩子都幹些什麽。
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Her book paints a bleak picture of the problems women now face.
她的書是女性當下所面臨問題的凄涼寫照。
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From the files that have now been released, a truer picture emerges.
從現在已公布的文件看,真相開始浮現。
10 N-SING 事態;情況;局面 When you refer to the
picture in a particular place, you are referring to the situation there.
事態;情況;局面 -
But as with other charitable bodies, these figures mask the true picture.
但和其他慈善機構一樣,這些數字掩蓋了實情。
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It's a similar picture across the border in Ethiopia.
在邊界那邊的埃塞俄比亞,情況也大致相似。
11 PHRASE (尤指通過他人描述)弄明白情況,了解情形 If you
get the picture, you understand the situation, especially one which someone is describing to you.
(尤指通過他人描述)弄明白情況,了解情形 12 PHRASE 牽涉其中/不涉其中;在局内/在局外 If you say that someone is
in the picture, you mean that they are involved in the situation that you are talking about. If you say that they are
out of the picture, you mean that they are not involved in the situation.
牽涉其中/不涉其中;在局内/在局外 -
Meyerson is back in the picture after disappearing in July.
邁耶森在7月份消失後現在又摻和了進來了。
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Sometimes security was so tight that people who might have had something important to offer were left out of the picture.
有時安全措施過於嚴密,使本來可能會提供重要情況的人成了局外人。
13 PHRASE (形容模樣)健康的化身/痛苦的典型 You use
picture to describe what someone looks like. For example, if you say that someone is
a picture of health or
the picture of misery, you mean that they look extremely healthy or extremely miserable.
(形容模樣)健康的化身/痛苦的典型 -
We found her standing on a chair, the picture of terror, screaming hysterically. [+ of]
我們發現她站在一把椅子上,滿臉恐懼地發出歇斯底裏的尖叫。
14 PHRASE 使了解内情;向…介紹情況 If you
put someone
in the picture, you tell them about a situation which they need to know about.
使了解内情;向…介紹情況 Quotations
One picture is worth ten thousand words Frederick R. Barnard Printers' Ink ThesaurusWord PartnershipWord Link
Thesaurus | picture Also look up: |
N. | drawing, illustration, image, painting 1 photograph 2 |
VERB. | envision, imagine, visualize 8 |
Word Partnership | Use picture with: |
ADJ. | pretty as a picture 1 mental picture 7 clear picture 7 9 accurate picture, complete picture, different picture, larger picture, overall picture, vivid picture, whole picture 7 8 9 10 the big picture 9 |
Word Link | pict ≈ painting : depict, picture, picturesque |
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