picnicker 1494 |
pic-nick-er /'piknik0(r)/ noun a person who is
having a picnic野餐者
pico- /'piikau-; 'paikau-; NAmE -kou-/ combining form (in -nouns; used in
units of measurement 构成名词，用于计
量单位）l〇_12; one million millionth 皮（可）；微微；万
_ 亿分之一.
picto-gram /'piktagraem/ noun 1 a picture representing *'4 a word or phrase 图画文字 2 a diagram that uses pictures to represent amounts or
numbers of a particular thing 统计图表
pic-tor-ial /pik'toirial/ adj. [usually before noun]
1 using or containing pictures 用 i 知的；有插图的：a pictorial
account/record 0/ the ejtpedition ■远征的图片记述 / 记
录 2 connected with
pictures 画片的；图画的：pictorial traditions 绘图传统► pic.tori.a丨.丨y /-ali/ adv. picture ^ /'piktja^)/ noun, verb ■ noun
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PAINT丨NG/DRAWING 绘画 1 [c] a painting or
drawing, etc. that shows a scene, a person or thing 图画；绘画：A picture o//!owers hung on t/ie waH.墙上挂着一张花井的
图画。◊ rhe .chiWren were drawing pictures 〇/ their pets.孩子们在画他们的宠物。◊ She wanted a
/amous artist
to paint her picture (= a picture of herself).
请一位名画家为自•:己画像。◊ a boofc with 〖ots 0/pictures in it—本有大量插图的书
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PHOTOGRAPH 照片 2 [C] a photograph 相片；照片：We had our picture taken
in front of the hotel.
.前照 了相。◊ The picture
shows the coupZe together on theiryac/it.照片显示这对情侣一同在他们的游艇上。◊ ffave you got any pictures 〇/your trip?你有这次旅行的
照片 4.? 〇 note at PHOTOGRAPH
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ON Ty 鬼細1 3 [C] an image on a television screen 电视图 像：harrowing teZevisfon
pictures 〇/ the /amine 电视i悲 ♦的饥荒画面◊ sateHfte
pictures ni星.照片◊ The picture isn’t very dear tonight.今晚电视画面不怎么清楚。
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DESCRIPTION 描述 4 [C，usually sing.] a description that
gives you an idea in your mind of what sth is like 描 绘；_.述：The writer paints a
gloomy picture of the economy. #者把经济状况描绘得一片惨邊。◊ The police are trying to build up a picture of what
happened.
正试图掌握事情发生的经过。
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MENTAL IMAGE 印象 5 [C，usually sing.] a mental image or memory of sth头脑中侖情景；记忆；印象：J have a vivid picture of my
grandfather smiling down at me when 了 was very smaH.我清楚地记得很小的时候祖父向我低头
微笑的情景。
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GENERAL SITUATION
局面 6 the picture [sing.] the general situation concerning sb/sth 权況；情承；.疮势：
Just
a few years ago the picture was very different. Ji^- 前的情况就大不相同。◊ The overaH picture /or/armfng is encouraging.农业的总体形势最令人鼓舞的。
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MOVIES 电影 7 [c】_ a film/movie 电影：77ie movie won nine
Academy Awards, inducing Best Picture.这部电影 荣获九项奧斯卡金像奖，包括最佳影片奖。◊(espec/fl//y
NAm^)
I believe her husband^ in pictures (= he acts in movies
or works'in the industry).我_想她丈夫是在彭视圈
土'作。一see also motion picture 8 the pictures [pi.] (old-fashioned,
informal) the cinema/the movies 电影
■院；■影剧院：ShaH we go to the
pictures tonight?今晚義 们去看电影好吗？'
be/look a 'picture to look very beautiful
or special 好看；十卑自 be the picture
of:'health/_gu"t/ misery, etc. (informal) to look extremely
healthy, guilty，etc.显得非常健康（或内疚、痛苦等）get the 'picture (/’n/o/wfl/) to
understand a situation, especially one that sb is describing to you 明白，了解（另j人描逢 的情形）.：7 pretended that J
hadn’t heard•’ ‘J get the picture.，“我装作没听见。”“我明白了。” in/out of the 'picture [informal) involved/not involved
in a situ- ation 在扃内 / 肩外：Morris is HfceZy to
win, with Jones out 0/the
picture now.琼斯现已出局，莫里戒极有可能胜
出。put/keep sb in the
'picture to give sb
the information they need
in order to understand a situation 介紹情况；使了解情况：Just to put you in the
picture—there
have been a number of changes here recenrty.只是让你了解一下情况吧，最近这里出现了许多
变化。_ more at big adj., paint v., pretty adj.
m verb
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IMAGINE 想象 1 ~ sb (as sth) to imagine
sb/sth; to create an image of sb/sth in your mind 想象；设想；忆起：
[VN]
Z can sriH picture the house J grew ujp in.我还能回忆 起i：童年时住岛那座声子。◊ We /ound it hard to picture him 〇5 the/ather 0/teenage sons.我们很难想象他居然是
有几个十几岁儿子ft父亲了。◊ [VN -ing
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
T
〇 0 [V wh-] I tried to picture
what it would be like to Zive atone.我努力设想一个人单独生活是什么情景。
〇• note at imagine
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DESCRIBE' 描绘 2 [VN] [often passive] - sb/sth as sth to describe or present
sb/sth in a particular way 描述；描
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portray： Before the trial Liz
had been pictured as a frail woman dominated by her husband.
利兹被描绘成受丈夫操纵的孱弱女子。
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SHOW IN
PHOTOGRAPH 照片显示 3 [usually passive] to show sb/sth in a
photograph or picture 显示在照片上；
用图片显示：[VN] She is pictured here with her parents.
这张照片显示她和父母在一考。◊ [VN -ing] 77ie team is
pictured setring oj5T cm t/iefr European tour.图片:K示v ■这 个队正开始欧洲之行。[alsoVN-ADJ]
SYNONYMS同义词辨析 picture
drawing. painting ♦ portrait ♦
illustration ♦ sketch ♦ image
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。 pictut'e a
scene, person or thing that has been represerited 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.孩于:隹爾 他们的宠物。
drawing 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#画：々 penc///c/?flrc〇fl/ c/raw/Vjg 铅笔 / 木炭画 painting a
picture that has been made using paint ^ 用颜料画出:的倒画、:_绘画：a collection of paintings.by Amer/’can
art/sto美国艺术家的绘画作品集
portrait
a
painting, drawing or photograph of a person, especially of the head and
shoulders 指肖.
像、羊身画像、丰身照：Vermeer’s ‘Portrait Jf the 尬stM/o’弗美尔的“艺术家在画室的肖像”
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a self-portrait a painting that you do of yourself) 自両像
illustratioi) a picture in a book or magazine, ..especially
one that shows or explains sth'推书或杂藥:■ 丰涵—图、_襄：/jf/wsfraf/on on
p.766.见 166 页
上的插图。
sketch 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 我开始作画之前通常要画几幅草图。
image a copy of sb/sth in the form of a picture
or .statue 指画#、雕像、.塑像：Images of deer and /jw/ifers wfl//s._ 洞穴壁上装饰着鹿和
猎人的画像。
PICTURE
OR IMAGE?用 picture
还是 image ?.
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 _forma丨 a.nd .much less，frequent,，*
image，.可指雕像、塑
像；picture总是指平面图画。picture可指画； image总是指人或事物的画像、雕像。image较正式，
较不常用。
'picture
book noun a
book with a lot of pictures, espe- cially one for children 画册；图画书