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美 [ˈpɪktʃər]英 [ˈpɪktʃə(r)]
  • n.照片;电影;图画;描绘;相片;状况;绘画;电视图像;电影院;头脑中的情景
  • vt.描述;想象;设想;描写;忆起;显示在照片上;用图片显示

复数: pictures 过去式: pictured 现在分词: picturing 过去分词: pictured 第三人称单数: pictures

pict 描绘,画 + -ure 表名词

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picturepicture

noun

绘画 painting/drawing

1

图画;绘画
a painting or drawing, etc. that shows a scene, a person or thing

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。

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

照片 photograph

2

相片;照片
a photograph

We had our picture taken in front of the hotel.

我们在旅馆前照了相。

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?

电视 on TV

3

电视图像
an image on a television screen

harrowing television pictures of the famine

电视上悲惨的饥荒画面

satellite pictures

卫星照片

The picture isn't very clear tonight.

今晚电视画面不怎么清楚。

描述 description

4

描绘;描述
a description that gives you an idea in your mind of what sth is like

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 picture of what happened.

警方正试图掌握事情发生的经过。

印象 mental image

5

头脑中的情景;记忆;印象
a mental image or memory of sth

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向我低头微笑的情景。

局面 general situation

6

状况;情形;形势
the general situation concerning sb/sth

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。

电影 movies

7

电影
a film/movie

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。

I believe her husband's in pictures (= he acts in movies or works in the industry) .

我想她丈夫是在影视圈工作。

8

电影院;影剧院
the cinema/the movies

Shall we go to the pictures tonight?

今晚我们去看电影好吗?

习语

to look very beautiful or special

to look extremely healthy, guilty, etc.

to understand a situation, especially one that sb is describing to you

“我装作没听见。”“我明白了。”
‘I pretended that I hadn't heard.’ ‘I get the picture.’

involved/not involved in a situation

琼斯现已出局,莫里斯极有可能胜出。
Morris is likely to win, with Jones out of the picture now.

to give sb the information they need in order to understand a situation

只是让你了解一下情况吧,最近这里出现了许多变化。
Just to put you in the picture─there have been a number of changes here recently.

the situation as a whole

现在别管细节问题,先通观全局。
Right now forget the details and take a look at the big picture.

to describe sth in a particular way; to give a particular impression of sb/sth

报告生动地描绘了都市生活。
The report paints a vivid picture of life in the city.

Journalists paint a grim picture of conditions in the camps.

记者描绘了营里的恶劣条件。

very pretty

verb

想象 imagine

1

想象;设想;忆起
to imagine sb/sth; to create an image of sb/sth in your mind

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。

We found it hard to picture him as the father of teenage sons.

我们很难想象他居然是有几个十几岁儿子的父亲了。

When he did not come home she pictured him lying dead on the roadside somewhere.

他还没回家的时候,她想象着他已横尸路边了。

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。

描绘 describe

2

描述;描写
to describe or present sb/sth in a particular way

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。

照片显示 show in photograph

3

显示在照片上;用图片显示
to show sb/sth in a photograph or picture

She is pictured here with her parents.

这张照片显示她和父母在一起。

The team is pictured setting off on their European tour.

图片显示,这个队正开始欧洲之行。

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。

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。

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/木炭画

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

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

a picture in a book or magazine, especially one that shows or explains sth指书或杂志中的插图、图表:

See illustration on p.166.

见166页上的插图。

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要画几幅草图。

a copy of sb/sth in the form of a picture or statue指画像、雕像、塑像:

Images of deer and hunters decorate the cave walls.

洞穴壁上装饰着鹿和猎人的画像。

An image can be a statue; a picture is always two-dimensional (= flat) . A picture can show a scene; an image is always of a person or thing. Image is more formal and much less frequent.

picture

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 图画;绘画;图片
    A picture consists of lines and shapes which are drawn, painted, or printed on a surface and show a person, thing, or scene.

    A picture of Rory O'Moore hangs in the dining room at Kildangan.

    一幅罗里·奥穆尔的画像挂在基尔丹根的餐厅里。

  • 2
    N-COUNT 照片
    A picture is a photograph.

    The tourists have nothing to do but take pictures of each other...

    游客无事可做,只能互相拍照。

  • 3
    N-COUNT (电视)图像,画面
    Television pictures are the scenes which you see on a television screen.

    ...heartrending television pictures of human suffering.

    令人心碎的人类遭受苦难的电视画面

  • 4
    VERB (在报纸、杂志等上)登载…的照片(或图片)
    To be pictured somewhere, for example in a newspaper or magazine, means to appear in a photograph or picture.

    The golfer is pictured on many of the front pages, kissing his trophy as he holds it aloft.

    许多报纸的头版上都刊登了那个高尔夫球手高高举起奖杯亲吻的照片。

  • 5
    N-COUNT 影片;电影
    You can refer to a film as a picture .

    Warner Communications Inc. has refused to distribute the picture in the United States.

    华纳通信公司已拒绝在美国发行这部电影。

  • 6
    N-PLURAL 电影院
    If you go to the pictures, you go to a cinema to see a film.

    We're going to the pictures tonight...

    我们今晚要去看电影。

  • 8
    N-COUNT 想象;印象;心中的形象;头脑中的情景
    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.

    They have in their mind a picture of what an alcoholic should look like...

    他们的心中有一个酒鬼应有的样子。

  • 9
    VERB 想象;设想
    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.

    He pictured her with long black braided hair...

    他想象她留着黑油油的长辫子的样子。

  • 10
    N-COUNT 描述;描绘;写照
    A picture of something is a description of it or an indication of what it is like.

    I'll try and give you a better picture of what the boys do...

    我会试着更清楚地向你描述一下这些男孩子都干些什么。

  • 11
    N-SING 事态;情况;局面
    When you refer to the picture in a particular place, you are referring to the situation there.

    But as with other charitable bodies, these figures mask the true picture...

    但和其他慈善机构一样,这些数字掩盖了实情。

  • 12
    PHRASE (尤指通过他人描述)弄明白情况,了解情形
    If you get the picture, you understand the situation, especially one which someone is describing to you.

    Luke never tells you the whole story, but you always get the picture.

    卢克从不告诉你事情的来龙去脉,但你总会弄明白是怎么回事。

  • 13
    PHRASE 牵涉其中/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.

    Meyerson is back in the picture after disappearing in July...

    迈耶森在7月份消失后现在又掺和了进来了。

  • 14
    PHRASE (形容模样)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.

    We found her standing on a chair, the picture of terror, screaming hysterically.

    我们发现她站在一把椅子上,满脸恐惧地发出歇斯底里的尖叫。

  • 15
    PHRASE 使了解内情;向…介绍情况
    If you put someone in the picture, you tell them about a situation which they need to know about.

    Has Inspector Fayard put you in the picture?

    法亚尔督察把情况都告诉你了吗?

noun

1
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
Synonym: painting
2
a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide;recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
Synonym: photograph photo exposure pic
3
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
Synonym: image icon ikon
4
a typical example of some state or quality
the very picture of a modern general
she was the picture of despair
5
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
Synonym: mental picture impression
6
the visible part of a television transmission
they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone
Synonym: video
7
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
they went to a movie every Saturday night
the film was shot on location
Synonym: movie film moving picture moving-picture show motion picture motion-picture show picture show pic flick
8
illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
the dictionary had many pictures
Synonym: pictorial matter
9
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
Synonym: word picture word-painting delineation depiction characterization characterisation
10
a situation treated as an observable object
the political picture is favorable
the religious scene in England has changed in the last century
Synonym: scene

verb

1
imagine;conceive of;see in one's mind
I can't see him on horseback!
I can see what will happen
I can see a risk in this strategy
Synonym: visualize visualise envision project fancy see figure image
2
show in, or as in, a picture
This scene depicts country life
the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting
Synonym: depict render show

数据来源:WordNet

  1. A picture of flowers hung on the wall .

    墙上挂着一张花卉的图画。

  2. The writer builds up a clever contextual picture of upper class life .

    作者巧妙地构筑了一幅上流社会生活的背景图画。

  3. Just a few years ago the picture was very different .

    几年前的情况就大不相同。

  4. In order to get a complete picture , further information is needed .

    为掌握全面情况,还需要详细资料。

  5. The picture looks very different when you see it close to .

    这幅画贴近看时就很不一样。

  6. The picture shows a side view of the house .

    这张图是房子的侧面。

  7. Can you spot the difference between these two pictures ?

    你能不能看出这两幅画有什么不同?

  8. This information will help us build a picture of his attacker .

    这条信息将有助于描画出袭击他的人的相貌。

  9. 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。

  10. Do you have a mental picture of what it will look like ?

    在你脑子里它会是什么样子?

  11. Give each picture a number corresponding to its position on the page .

    按所在页面位置给每一幅画编上相对应的号码。

  12. 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。

  13. The two pictures are similar , although not identical .

    这两幅画很相似,虽然不完全相同。

  14. We had our picture taken in front of the hotel .

    我们在旅馆前照了相。

  15. The definition of the digital TV pictures is excellent .

    数字电视图像的清晰度很高。

  16. We found it hard to picture him as the father of three kids .

    我们很难想象他居然是三个孩子的父亲了。

  17. That picture is the wrong way round .

    那幅画挂反了。

  18. The report paints a vivid picture of life in the city .

    报告生动地描绘了都市生活。

  19. 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。

  20. The book has a picture of Rome on the front .

    书的封面有一张罗马的照片。

  21. Can you pass these pictures around for everyone to look at , please ?

    请你把这些画传给每个人看一看好吗?

  22. Live pictures of the ceremony were beamed around the world .

    典礼经实况转播传到世界各地。

  23. Text and pictures can be scanned into the computer .

    文字和图画可以扫描进计算机。

  24. The article gave a distorted picture of his childhood .

    这篇文章对他的童年作了歪曲的描述。

  25. Shall we go to the pictures tonight ?

    今晚我们去看电影好吗?

  26. The picture has too much redundant detail .

    这幅画中不必要的细节太多。

  27. The television pictures brought home to us the full horror of the attack .

    电视画面使我们充分地了解这次袭击有多么恐怖。

  28. 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。

  29. Have you got any pictures of your trip ?

    你有这次旅行的照片吗?

  30. She wanted a famous artist to paint her picture .

    她想请一位名画家为自己画像。

后缀
e-表名词

culture n. 文化

cult- 耕种 + -ure 表名词

departure n. 离开

depart v.启程 + -ure 表名词

figure n. 图形

fig 形成,塑造 + -ure 表名词

lecture n. 演讲

lect- 讲,读 + -ure 表名词

mixture n. 混合物

mixt vt.配制 + -ure 表名词

nature n. 自然界

nat 出生,诞生 + -ure 表名词

mature v. (情感和认识)成熟

mat- 成熟 + -ure 表名词

measure v. 测量,度量,计量

meas 计量,测量 + -ure 表名词

pressure n. 压力

press 按,压 + -ure 表名词

procedure n. (商业、法律或政治上的)程序

pro- 向前,在前 + ced 行走,服从 + -ure 表名词

agriculture n. 农业

agri- 田地,农业 + cult 耕种;培养 + -ure 表名词

architecture n. 建筑学

architect n.建筑师 + -ure 表名词

capture vt. 俘虏

capt 抓住,获取 + -ure 表名词

exposure n. 面临,遭受(危险或不快)

ex- 出,出去 + pos 放置 + -ure 表名词

failure n. 失败

fail v.失败 + -ure 表名词

feature n. 特色

feat- 做,制作 + -ure 表名词

gesture n. 手势

gest 带来,产生 + -ure 表名词

manufacture vt. 制造

manu 手 + fact 做,制作 + -ure 表名词

moisture n. 潮湿

moist adj.微湿的 + -ure 表名词

structure n. 结构

struct 建造,建立 + -ure 表名词

torture n. 折磨

tort 卷缩 + -ure 表名词

venture n. (尤指有风险的)企业,商业,投机活动,经营项目

vent- 来 + -ure 表名词

nurture vt. 养育

nurt 营养 + -ure 表名词

sculpture n. 雕塑

sculpt v.雕刻 + -ure 表名词

texture n. 纹理

text 编织 + -ure 表名词

fracture n. (指事实)骨折

fract 打碎 + -ure 表名词

brochure n. 小册子

broch 刺 + -ure 表名词

film movie picture 【导航词义:电影】
film v. 电影,影片
〔辨析〕

普通用词,指电影院中或电视上播放的电影。

〔例证〕

I have seen two good films this week.

本周我已经看了两部好电影。

I watched a late-night film yesterday at home.

我昨天在家看了一场午夜电影。

movie v. 〈尤美〉电影
〔辨析〕

普通用词,指具体的电影作品时与 film 同义,可换用;而 the movies 可指电影院、电影业或电影的总称。

〔例证〕

a career in the movies

从影生涯

Do you want to see a movie/film with me tomorrow?

你明天想和我一起去看场电影吗?

She is his favourite movie/film star.

她是他最喜欢的电影明星。

We took the kids to the movies every week.

我们每周都带孩子们去看电影。

It only happens in the movies.

这事只有在电影里才会发生。

picture v. 电影
〔辨析〕

作“电影”解时与 film 和 movie 同义,但不常用;而 the pictures 仅指电影院,且多用于英国英语。

〔例证〕

There are many good pictures being shown.

有多部优秀影片正在上映。

illustrate depict picture 【导航词义:说明,描述】
illustrate v. 说明,阐明
〔辨析〕

指用示例、图片等将某事物的意思阐释清楚。

〔例证〕

He illustrated the phenomenon with examples.

他举例说明了这种现象。

The teacher gave three examples to illustrate the point.

老师举了3个例子来说明这一点。

depict v. 〈正式〉描绘,描写
〔辨析〕

指用言语、文字、图画等来描写某人或某事。

〔例证〕

The writer depicted country life before the industrial revolution.

作家描写了工业革命前的乡村生活。

The artist depicted a group of children playing games in the garden.

艺术家描绘了一群在花园里玩游戏的小朋友。

picture v. 描述
〔辨析〕

指以某种方式描述某人或某事物,通常用被动语态。

〔例证〕

Before their marriage he had been pictured as a perfect boyfriend.

结婚之前,他被描绘成完美的男朋友。

She was pictured as a woman difficult to deal with.

她被描绘成一个难对付的女人。

  • 词语搭配
  • 习语

picture与以下词性连用

adj.

mental picture

头脑中的情景

clear picture

清晰的想象(或描述)

accurate picture

精确的想象(或描述、情况)

complete picture

完整的想象(或描述、情况)

different picture

不同的想象(或描述、情况)

larger picture

更大范围的想象(或描述、情况)

overall picture

总体的想象(或描述、情况)

vivid picture

鲜活的想象(或描述、情况)

whole picture

整体的想象(或描述、情况)

n.

be/look a picture

好看;悦目
to look very beautiful or special

be the picture of health/guilt/misery, etc.

显得非常健康(或内疚、痛苦等)
to look extremely healthy, guilty, etc.

get the picture

明白,了解(别人描述的情形)
to understand a situation, especially one that sb is describing to you

‘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 picture

在局内 / 局外
involved/not involved in a situation

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 picture

介绍情况;使了解情况
to give sb the information they need in order to understand a situation

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。

the big picture

整个局面;大局
the situation as a whole

Right now forget the details and take a look at the big picture.

现在别管细节问题,先通观全局。

paint a (grim, gloomy, rosy, etc.) picture of sb/sth

给人以…印象;把…描绘成
to describe sth in a particular way; to give a particular impression of sb/sth

The report paints a vivid picture of life in the city.

报告生动地描绘了都市生活。

Journalists paint a grim picture of conditions in the camps.

记者描绘了营里的恶劣条件。

as pretty as a picture

美丽如画;非常漂亮
very pretty