音标：['piktʃә]
n. 图画, 照片, 景色, 美丽如画的人(或物), 化身, 生动的描述, 想像, 形象思维
vt. 画, 拍摄, 用图说明, 描写, 想像
【计】 图象; 形象; 字形
【医】 图, 像, 照片
相关词组:
put sb in the picture
paint a black picture of
paint a rosy picture of
be in the picture
come into the picture
out of the picture
在线英汉词典
picture的短语、例句：
picture
n
1 [C]
(a) painting, drawing, sketch, etc, esp as a work of art 绘画, 图画, 素描（尤指作为艺术作品）
His picture of cows won a prize. 他画的牛的作品获了奖.
Draw a picture of the house so we know what it looks like. 画出房子的图来让我们看看是什麽样子的.
(b) photograph 照片; 相片
They showed us the pictures of their wedding. 他们给我们看结婚照片.
She´s taking a picture of the children. 她正给孩子们拍照.
(c) portrait (of sb) （某人的）肖像画
Will you paint my picture? 您给我画像行吗?
2 [C usu sing 通常作单数]
beautiful object, scene, person etc 美丽的物、 景、 人等
The park is a picture when the daffodils are in bloom. 水仙花开时公园非常漂亮.
The children were a picture in their pretty dresses. 孩子们穿上漂亮的衣服好看极了.
3 [C usu sing 通常作单数]
(a) account or description of sth that enables one to form a mental picture or impression of it 形象的叙述
The book gives a good picture of everyday life in ancient Rome. 那部书对古罗马人的日常生活描写得很生动.
(b) this mental picture 心目中的情景
Her careful description enabled us to form an accurate picture of what had happened. 她描述得十分细致, 使我们对所发生的事历历如见.
4 [C] (quality of the) image on a television screen 电视图像（的清晰度）
The picture is much clearer with the new aerial. 装上新天线後画面清晰多了.
5 (Brit dated 旧)
(a) [C] cinema film 影片; 电影
Have you seen her latest picture? 你看过她新拍的电影吗?
(b) the pictures [pl]
cinema 电影院
We don´t often go to the pictures. 我们不常到电影院看电影.
6 (idm 习语) be/put sb in the `picture be/cause sb to be fully informed about sth 了解[使某人了解]实情
Are you in the picture now? 你现在知道怎麽回事了吗?
Members of Parliament insisted on being put in the picture about the government´s plans. 议员坚持要充分了解政府计画的详情. be the picture of health, happiness, etc look very healthy, happy, etc 看上去很健康、 愉快等. get the `picture (infml 口) understand 明白; 理解
I get the picture you two want to be left alone together. 我现在明白了--你们俩想单独在一起. pretty as a picture => pretty. picture, v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (to oneself) form a mental image of sth; imagine sth 想像或设想某事物
He pictured to himself what it might be like to live in Java. 他想像要是生活在爪哇的情形.
I can´t picture the village without the old church. 我无法设想村子里没有那座旧教堂像什麽样子.
2 [Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态]
make a picture of (sth/sb) 画（某物[某人]）的画; 给（某物[某人]）拍照
They were pictured against a backgroundof flowers. 他们在画中背景有很多花.
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