picture

['piktʃə]

n.照片, 影片, 描述, 图画
vt.想像, 画, 拍照

n.[C]

1. 画; 画像; 图片; 照片[(+of)]

I had a picture taken this morning.

今天上午我拍了张照。

2. 图像[S]

3. 【英】影片[C]; 电影院[the P]; 电影业[P]

4. (心中的)形象, 想像; (生动的)描写; 写照[S1][(+of)]

This book gives a good picture of life in China today.

这本书生动地描述了当代中国的生活情况。

5. 局面, 状况[S]

I'm trying to learn about the other side of the picture.

我在设法了解事情的另一面。

6. 酷似的东西; 化身[the S][(+of)]

7. 美丽如画的人(或物); 美景[S]

vt.

1. 想像[+wh-][O7]

Can you picture Bill dressed as a fairy?

你能想像得出比尔扮作仙女的模样吗?

2. 画, 拍摄; (生动地)描绘, 描述[O]

The painter pictured the general sitting on a horse.

画家给骑着马的将军画像。

词形变化

动词过去式: pictured | 动词过去分词: pictured | 动词现在分词: picturing | 动词第三人称单数: pictures |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.描绘; 描写

represent  illustrate  portray  depict  describe  characterize  

同义参见:

design  landscape  pattern  sketch  countryside  image  scene  prospect  copy  figure  perspective  fantasize  fancy  painting  shot  paint  envisage  conceive  memory  movie  draw  

英英释义

名词 picture:

a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

同义词：image, icon, ikon

graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

同义词：painting

a clear and telling mental image

同义词：mental picture, impression

a situation treated as an observable object

同义词：scene

illustrations used to decorate or explain a text

同义词：pictorial matter

a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

同义词：movie, film, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick

the visible part of a television transmission

同义词：video

a graphic or vivid verbal description

同义词：word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, characterization, characterisation

a typical example of some state or quality

动词 picture:

imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

同义词：visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, image

show in, or as in, a picture

同义词：depict, render, show

短语词组

the picture of

1. 与……非常相像

The small girl is the picture of her mother.

那小女孩与她母亲长得一模一样。

2. 是……的化身(或体现)

That boy is the picture of health.

那男孩非常健康。

come into the picture

1. 有牵连

We did not expect that you had come into the picture at all.

我们当时根本没想到你会有牵连。

get the picture

1. 了解情况

Your wife ran away with your best friend. Now do you get the picture?

你的老婆跟你好友私奔了。现在你知道了吗?

I explained the point to her again and again, and finally she got the picture.

我就那一点向她再三解释, 后来她终于明白了。

go to the pictures

1. 去看电影

They often go to the pictures.

她们经常去看电影。

out of the picture

1. 不相干的

In talking about this, you could hardly keep the housing problem out of the picture.

谈到这一点, 就不可能不谈及住房问题。

picture to oneself

1. 想像

She pictured to herself the family sitting by the fire.

她想像着一家人围坐在火炉旁的情形。

put sb. in the picture

1. 把情况告诉某人

He's been away for several weeks, and we'd better put him in the picture at once.

他离开了几星期, 我们最好立即把情况告诉他。

补充

picturepicture英:[ˈpiktʃə] 美:[ˈpɪktʃɚ]n.1.图画, 肖像; 照片All the pictures should be faced forward.所有的图片都应朝前摆。The stamp bears the picture of George Washington.这张邮票上印有乔治·华盛顿的肖像。2.(生动的)描述, 写照The writer paints a vivid picture of his early life.那位作家生动地描绘了他早年的生活。3.影片; 电影; 画面This picture attracts a large audience.这部影片吸引了大量的观众。4.美景, 景色The park is a picture when flowers are in bloom.当鲜花盛开时, 这个公园的景色美极了。5.情况, 事态, 局面It is hard to form a true picture of conditions in that country.很难想像那个国家的真实情况。vt.1.绘画; 描绘The speaker pictured the suffering of the poor vividly.演讲者很生动地描述了穷人的生活。Please picture what you have seen at the park for me.请为我描述你在公园里看到的景象。They pictured their manager as a buffoon.他们把经理描绘成一个小丑。2.想像He could picture all too easily the consequences of being caught.他能很容易地想像被抓住的后果。I can't quite picture him as a family man.我很难想像他是个有家室的人。

例句

1. The dining room pictures are of plants and a late loved cat.餐厅里有几张照片, 上面是一些植物和一只深得主人喜爱的亡猫。 2. a course examining how words and pictures fit together考查如何将单词和图片配对的课程 3. Around the walls in words and pictures are the stories of various Brisbane residents.墙壁上图文并茂地讲述了布里斯班各类居民的故事。 4. The children were asked to draw pictures of their houses.孩子们被要求画一画他们的房子。 5. Monet's pictures of waterlilies莫奈的睡莲组图 6. He painted several pictures of his father.他画了几幅他父亲的肖像。 7. Children's books have lots of pictures.儿童读物里有很多插图。 8. Some people might find these pictures disturbing.有些人可能会觉得这些画面令人不安。 9. heart-rending television pictures of human suffering令人心碎的人类遭受苦难的电视画面 10. The picture needs adjusting.图像需要调整。 11. The picture was bad.这个图像质量很差。 12. There was a picture of them both in the paper.报纸上有一张他们两个人的合影照片。 13. I took a picture of him in front of the Eiffel Tower.我给他在埃菲尔铁塔前拍了一张照片。 14. We worked together in the last picture I made.在我制作的上一部电影中我们合作过。 15. It's a similar picture across the border in Ethiopia.在边界那边的埃塞俄比亚, 情况也大致相似。 16. The economic picture is far from good.经济状况很不妙。 17. Genetic inheritance is only a part of the overall picture.基因遗传只是整体状况的一部分。 18. We go through life looking at what's in front of our faces instead of the bigger picture.我们过日子, 看的是眼前的情况而不看全局。 19. That's not quite the picture I had of him in my head.那和我脑海里对他的印象大不一样。 20. From the information that has just been released, a truer picture emerges.从刚刚发布的消息中看, 真相开始浮现。 21. 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。 22. We do have a picture of how we'd like things to be.我们对希望事情如何发展确实有自己的想法。 23. The relief on my mother's face was a picture, and we just smiled at each other!母亲如释重负的样子真美, 我们彼此相视而笑！ 24. Macdonald, with his shooting jacket, and in his kilt, looked a picture.麦克唐纳穿着狩猎上衣和苏格兰短裙, 看起来真漂亮。 25. My garden looks a picture with flowers everywhere.我的花园遍地鲜花, 美不胜收。 26. He was the picture of his father.他和他的父亲长得一模一样。 27. I've got the picture, but what's that got to do with the current situation?我已经了解情况了, 但那又和当前形势有什么关系？ 28. I think I'm beginning to get the picture.我想我开始明白了。 29. Meyerson is back in the picture after disappearing in July.迈耶森在七月份消失后现在又掺和了进来了。 30. She vows not to rest until Charlie is out of the picture.她发誓如果查理不退出的话就决不罢休。 31. Sometimes security was so tight that people who might have had something important to offer were left out of the picture.有时安全措施过于严密, 本来可能会提供重要情况的人成了局外人。 32. Her book paints a bleak picture of the problems women now face.她的书把妇女当下所面临的种种问题描写得很凄凉。 33. The book paints a picture of a divided government.这本书生动地刻画出了一个分裂的政府。 34. She looked the picture of health.她看上去非常健康。 35. 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。 36. wide-ranging reforms to put parents in the picture about their child's progress at school使家长对孩子在学校的进步情况了如指掌的广泛改革 37. Has Inspector Fayard put you in the picture?法亚尔督察把情况都告诉你了吗？ 38. I tried to picture the place, but could not.我试图想象那个地方, 但是怎么也想象不出来。 39. He could picture all too easily the consequences of being caught.他能够非常容易地设想到被抓到的后果。 40. He pictured her with long black braided hair.他想象她留着黑油油的长辫子的样子。 41. I would never have pictured this as her home.我怎么也想不出她的家会是这样。 42. He pictured Claire waiting for him.他想象着克莱尔正在等待他的情景。 43. She pictured herself working with animals.她想象着自己正在和动物们一起工作。 44. The proud owners are pictured with one of their winning entries.自豪的获奖者和他们其中的一个获奖作品合影。 45. Elaine and John are pictured here with their two children.伊莱恩与约翰和他们的两个孩子在这里合影。 46. Sandra Bullock (pictured)桑德拉• 布洛克(如图) 47. That's not quite how she pictured him.他可不是像她描述的那样。 48. She was pictured as both a primitive and an academic.她被描述为一个集质朴与学究为一身的人。 49. The artist has pictured him as a young man in riding dress.画家把他画成一个身穿骑服的年轻人。 50. The book pictured the world of the future.这本书生动地描写了未来世界。 51. Can't you picture how she must feel?你不能想象一下她当时的感受吗? 52. draw a picture of a tree.画一棵树。 53. we were warned not to take pictures.有人告诫我们别拍照。 54. have her picture painted.找人给她画肖像。 55. a full picture of the disaster had not yet emerged.该灾难的整体情况尚不得而知。 56. the movie took five honours including best picture.该电影获得了五项荣誉，包括最佳影片奖。 57. I'm going to the pictures with my mates.我要跟我的伙伴们一块去看电影。 58. the markets in London and New York are usually pictured in contrasting terms.人们往往用对照性的语言来描述伦敦和纽约的市场。 59. she pictured Benjamin waiting.她想像着本杰明等待的样子。 60. hostages were better left out of the picture.最好不让人质知道底细。 61. she looked a picture of health.她仿佛就是健康的化身。 62. Who painted the picture in the hall?大厅里那幅画是谁画的？ 63. They showed pictures of the crash on the news.新闻节目里播放了那起坠机事故的画面。 64. The police are trying to build up a picture of exactly what happened.警方想要建构事情发生的实际场面。 65. I can't picture Ivan as a father.我无法想象伊凡当爸爸的样子。 66. She is pictured here with her parents.她与她父母在这儿合照了一张。 67. I hung the picture on the wall.我把画挂到了墙上。 68. The book has a lot of pictures.书里有很多图片。 69. Draw a picture of your house.画一张你家房子的图。 70. We looked at family pictures. [=photos]我们看了家庭照片。 71. We took pictures [=photographs] of the wedding.我们拍了婚礼的照片。 72. a picture frame [=a frame for holding a picture]相框 73. I have a mental picture of what he looks like.对于他的长相我有印象。 74. The book gives us a picture of life in a small village.这本书让我们对小村庄的生活情况有所了解。 75. I don't yet have a full picture of what's going on.我还没有完全搞清楚当前的状况。 76. "After your explanation, I have a better/clearer picture of what to expect."听了你的解释，我更好/更清楚地了解了应该期待什么。 77. (informal) You've said enough. I get the picture. [=I understand; I get the idea]不用说了，我已经清楚了。 78. The staff looked at the financial picture of the company.员工查看了公司的财务状况。 79. The overall economic picture is improving.整体经济状况在改善。 80. Marriage never entered the picture [=was never considered] until now.直到现在才考虑婚姻。 81. "After a brief separation, her boyfriend is back in the picture. [=she is dating him again]"分手后不久她又开始和前男友约会了。 82. "With last year's winner out of the picture [=no longer in the competition], she has a good chance of winning."由于去年的获胜者已出局，她获胜的概率很大。 83. The picture is fuzzy.电视画面模糊。 84. “Casablanca” won the award for Best picture in 1943.《卡萨布兰卡》在1943年获得了最佳影片奖。 85. I took my girlfriend to the pictures. [=(US) the movies]我带女朋友去看了电影。 86. He wants to work in pictures.他想从事影视行业。 87. He is the picture of his father. [=he looks just like his father]他长得酷似他父亲。 88. She is the picture of health. [=she looks very healthy]她看起来非常健康。 89. Teachers meet regularly with parents to keep them in the picture about their child's progress.老师定期和家长们见面以便他们了解孩子的学习情况。 90. I'll put you in the picture as soon as a final decision has been made.最终决议一旦定下来我立刻告知你。 91. The author paints a disturbing picture of life in the camp.作者展现了营地里令人烦恼的生活。 92. These statistics paint a clear picture of how the population is aging.这些统计数据清晰地展现了人口老龄化的过程。 93. I can still picture the house I grew up in.我仍能想象出我成长时期居住的那所房子。 94. I can't picture changing jobs at this point in my life.我无法想象在我人生的这个时候换工作。 95. picture what it would be like if you didn't own a car.想象一下没有车的话会是什么样子。 96. Can you picture him as a teacher?你能想象他当老师的样子吗？ 97. She is pictured here with her sister.她和姐姐被画了进去。 98. She is pictured [=portrayed] as being very businesslike.她被描绘成一个效率很高的人。