picture |?p?kt?(r)|
A.noun
①(visual depiction)圖畫
to paint or draw a picture of [somebody]/[something]
繪制某人/某物的畫像
family pictures
親族畫像
the book is almost all pictures and no text
這本書裏幾乎都是插圖，沒有文字
②Photography 照片
to take a picture of [something]/[somebody]
給某物/某人拍照
③Television 圖像
④Cinema 電影
to make a picture
拍攝電影
it won several awards, including 'best picture'
它獲得了好幾個獎項，包括最佳影片獎
⑤(mental image)印象
to be the picture of health
顯得非常健康
he's the picture of his fatherdated
他長得酷似他父親
⑥figurative (description)描述
to give or present a vivid/accurate picture of [something]
生動/準確地描述某物
to paint or draw a bleak/gloomy/optimistic picture of [something]
把某物描繪得壹片暗淡/慘淡/光明
⑦(overview)情形
that's only part of the picture
那只是部分情況
to get the picturecolloquial
明白
to be in the picture
了解情況
to put or keep [somebody] in the picture
讓某人了解情況
⑧(beautiful sight)美景 (unusual sight)不尋常的景色
to be or look a picture
漂亮
her face was a picture!
她顯得非常震驚！
B.pictures noun plural
① especially British (cinema show)
the pictures
電影院
to go to the pictures
去看電影
what's on at the pictures?
電影院在上映什麽影片？
②(film industry)電影業
to be in the pictures
從事電影業
C.transitive verb
①(represent in picture)在照片上顯示 ?person, scene, place?
②(form mental image of)想象 ?person, scene, situation?
③(describe)描寫 ?person, series of events?