picture

noun

绘画 painting/drawing

1. 图画；绘画
   a painting or drawing, etc. that shows a scene, a person or thing
   1. A picture of flowers hung on the wall.
      墙上挂着一张花卉的图画。
   2. The children were drawing pictures of their pets.
      孩子们在画他们的宠物。
   3. 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。
   4. 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
   1. We had our picture taken in front of the hotel.
      我们在旅馆前照了相。
   2. 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。
   3. 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
   1. harrowing television pictures of the famine
      电视上悲惨的饥荒画面
   2. satellite pictures
      卫星照片
   3. 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
   1. The writer paints a gloomy picture of the economy.
      作者把经济状况描绘得一片惨淡。
   2. 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
   1. 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
   1. Just a few years ago the picture was very different.
      几年前的情况就大不相同。
   2. 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
   1. 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。
   2. 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
   1. Shall we go to the pictures tonight?
      今晚我们去看电影好吗？

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
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
   3. 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。
   4. 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
   1. 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
   1. She is pictured here with her parents.
      这张照片显示她和父母在一起。
   2. The team is pictured setting off on their European tour.
      图片显示，这个队正开始欧洲之行。

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.
   1. 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. ...drawing a small picture with coloured chalks.
      用彩色粉笔画一张小画
2. N-COUNT 照片
   A picture is a photograph.
   1. The tourists have nothing to do but take pictures of each other...
      游客无事可做，只能互相拍照。
   2. The Observer carries a big front-page picture of rioters in a litter-strewn street.
      《观察家报》在头版刊登了一张暴乱者聚集在满是垃圾的街头的大幅照片。
3. N-COUNT （电视）图像，画面
   Television pictures are the scenes which you see on a television screen.
   1. ...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.
   1. 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。
   2. ...a woman who claimed she had been pictured dancing with a celebrity in Stringfellows nightclub...
      宣称自己在斯特林费洛夜总会和某位名人跳舞的照片上了报纸的女子
   3. The rattan and wrought-iron chair pictured here costs £125.
      这张图片中的铁艺藤椅要价125英镑。
5. N-COUNT 影片；电影
   You can refer to a film as a picture .
   1. 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。
   2. ...a director of epic action pictures.
      史诗动作片的导演
6. N-PLURAL 电影院
   If you go to the pictures, you go to a cinema to see a film.
   1. We're going to the pictures tonight...
      我们今晚要去看电影。
   2. I'd rather see it at the pictures than on video anyway.
      我本来就宁可去电影院看，而不是看录像。

in AM, use 美国英语用 the movies


7. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. We are just trying to get our picture of the whole afternoon straight...
      我们只是想把整个下午的情形搞清楚。
   3. I tried to put the picture from my mind.
      我试图将这幅画面从脑海中抹去。
8. 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.
   1. He pictured her with long black braided hair...
      他想象她留着黑油油的长辫子的样子。
   2. I never would have pictured this as her home...
      我怎么也想不出她的家会是这样。
   3. He pictured Claire sitting out in the car, waiting for him...
      他想象克莱尔坐在外面车里等他的情景。
   4. She pictured herself working with animals...
      她设想自己从事接触动物的工作。
   5. I tried to picture the place, but could not.
      我尽力想象那个地方，但想不出来。
9. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. Her book paints a bleak picture of the problems women now face...
      她的书是女性当下所面临问题的凄凉写照。
   3. From the files that have now been released, a truer picture emerges.
      从现在已公布的文件看，真相开始浮现。
10. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
11. 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.
    1. 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。
12. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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，使本来可能会提供重要情况的人成了局外人。
13. 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.
    1. 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。
14. 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.
    1. Has Inspector Fayard put you in the picture?
       法亚尔督察把情况都告诉你了吗？

1. The picture was printed back to front.
   图片印反了。
2. If you move your eyes and your head, the picture will blur.
   如果你的眼睛或头动了，图像就会变得模糊不清。
3. How did you get him to pose for this picture?
   你想了什么办法让他摆姿势照了这张照片？
4. 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。
5. The tourists have nothing to do but take pictures of each other
   游客无事可做，只能互相拍照。
6. The Observer carries a big front-page picture of rioters in a litter-strewn street.
   《观察家报》在头版刊登了一张暴乱者聚集在满是垃圾的街头的大幅照片。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. We're going to the pictures tonight
   我们今晚要去看电影。
10. I'd rather see it at the pictures than on video anyway.
    我本来就宁可去电影院看，而不是看录像。
11. 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。
12. We are just trying to get our picture of the whole afternoon straight
    我们只是想把整个下午的情形搞清楚。
13. I tried to put the picture from my mind.
    我试图将这幅画面从脑海中抹去。
14. I never would have pictured this as her home
    我怎么也想不出她的家会是这样。
15. He pictured Claire sitting out in the car, waiting for him
    他想象克莱尔坐在外面车里等他的情景。
16. She pictured herself working with animals
    她设想自己从事接触动物的工作。
17. I tried to picture the place, but could not.
    我尽力想象那个地方，但想不出来。
18. 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。
19. Her book paints a bleak picture of the problems women now face
    她的书是女性当下所面临问题的凄凉写照。
20. From the files that have now been released, a truer picture emerges.
    从现在已公布的文件看，真相开始浮现。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. 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，使本来可能会提供重要情况的人成了局外人。
26. 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。
27. Has Inspector Fayard put you in the picture?
    法亚尔督察把情况都告诉你了吗？
28. The children hung the picture upside down.
    小孩把画挂倒了。
29. This picture is in the manner of Raphael.
    这幅画模仿了拉斐尔的风格。

  film movie picture【导航词义：电影】

  film n. 电影，影片

〔辨析〕普通用词，指电影院中或电视上播放的电影。

  movie n. 〈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。

  picture n. 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。

  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。

  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。

  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。

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
  1. ‘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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. The report paints a vivid picture of life in the city.
     报告生动地描绘了都市生活。
  2. 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

noun

1. graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
   1. a small painting by Picasso
   2. he bought the painting as an investment
   3. 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

   Synonym:    photographphotoexposurepic

3. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
   1. they showed us the pictures of their wedding
   2. a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them

   Synonym:    imageiconikon

4. a typical example of some state or quality
   1. the very picture of a modern general
   2. she was the picture of despair

5. a clear and telling mental image
   1. he described his mental picture of his assailant
   2. he had no clear picture of himself or his world
   3. the events left a permanent impression in his mind

   Synonym:    mental pictureimpression

6. the visible part of a television transmission
   1. 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
   1. they went to a movie every Saturday night
   2. the film was shot on location

   Synonym:    moviefilmmoving picturemoving-picture showmotion picturemotion-picture showpicture showpicflick

8. illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
   1. the dictionary had many pictures

   Synonym:    pictorial matter

9. a graphic or vivid verbal description
   1. too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures
   2. the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland
   3. the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters

   Synonym:    word pictureword-paintingdelineationdepictioncharacterizationcharacterisation

10. a situation treated as an observable object
    1. the political picture is favorable
    2. the religious scene in England has changed in the last century

    Synonym:    scene

verb

1. imagine
   1. I can't see him on horseback!
   2. I can see what will happen
   3. I can see a risk in this strategy

   Synonym:    visualizevisualiseenvisionprojectfancyseefigureimage

2. show in, or as in, a picture
   1. This scene depicts country life
   2. the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting

   Synonym:    depictrendershow