take somebody’s picture/take a picture of somebody
I asked the waiter if he’d mind taking our picture.
我问那个侍者是否能为我们拍张照。
wedding/holiday etc pictures
Would you like to see the wedding pictures?
你要不要看看婚礼的照片?
3television 电视 [countableC]TMT an image that appears on a television or cinemascreen 〔电视或电影的〕图像,画面
picture of
upsetting pictures of the famine in Africa
令人揪心的非洲饥荒画面
satellite pictures from space
从太空拍摄的卫星图像
4description/idea 描述/想法 [countableC usually singular]DESCRIBE a description or idea of what something is like 描述,描绘,描写
picture of
The book gives you a good picture of what life was like in Japan in the early 19th century.
这本书生动地描绘了19世纪初叶日本人的生活。
The article paints a rather bleak picture of the future of our planet.
本文将我们地球的未来描绘成一幅暗淡的画面。
Detectives are trying to build up a picture of the kidnapper.
警探试图勾勒出绑匪的模样。
The description in the guidebook showed rather a rosy picture (=one that makes you think that something is better than it really is).
指南中的描绘相当美好。
I now have a vivid picture (=very clear picture) in my mind.
现在我脑海里有一幅清晰的画面了。
5situation 情况 [singular]SITUATION the general situation in a place, organization etc 〔某地方、组织等的〕情况,局面
The worldwide picture for tribal people remains grim.
全球各地部落民众的情况仍不容乐观。
the wider political picture
更广阔的政治局面
Checks throughout the region revealed a similar picture everywhere.
整个区域范围内的检查显示各地情况都差不多。
big/bigger/wider picture
We were so caught up with the details, we lost sight of the big picture (=the situation considered as a whole).
我们过分专注于细节,因而忽视了全局。
6mental image 头脑中的形象 [countableC usually singular]IDEA an image or memory that you have in your mind 〔脑中的〕形象;印象
Sarah had a mental picture of Lisbon.
萨拉对里斯本有印象。
He had a vivid picture in his mind.
他脑中有清晰的印象。
7put/keep somebody in the pictureTELL/ORDER somebody TO DO somethingto give someone all the information they need to understand a situation, especially one that is changing quickly 使某人明白[了解]实情〔尤指迅速变化的情形〕
I’m just going now, but Keith will put you in the picture.
我现在要走了,不过基思会给你解释的。
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put/keep somebody in the picture• Perhaps he did not like to argue with Jean-Claude, suspecting that my lover may have been put fully in the picture.• He put Maclean in the picture about his letter to Wilson.• Call it: putting you in the picture.• Then she remembered that she had promised to keep Sybil in the picture but decided that could wait as well.• Besides, I wanted to put you in the picture.
8get the pictureinformalUNDERSTAND to understand a situation 了解情况
You’ve said enough. I get the picture.
你说得够多了,我明白了。
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get the picture• Designersget the pictureJohnBell Computer-aided design is a complextechnology with complicated effects.• Oh, I get the picture. You're in love with Muriel, aren't you?• I get the picture. You want me to say you were at my house last night.• You're probably getting the picture by now - Russan is a typicalproduct of the 80s.• She'd only been married to Gerald for eight months before I started getting the picture.• Now, however, it seems even the dimwitted Amphi staff is beginning to get the picture.• So the museum has gone to law to get the pictures back.• Substitute Vince McMahon with Mel Brooks and you start to get the picture.• We don't want any troubletonight. Do you get the picture?
9out of the pictureTAKE PART/BE INVOLVEDif someone is out of the picture, they are no longer involved in a situation 退出的;不再知情的
Injury has effectively put Woods out of the picture as far as international matches are concerned.
伤势实际上已经迫使伍兹退出了国际比赛。
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out of the picture• If you live long enough on South Vermont, you begin to feel not just excluded but out of the picture entirely.• Glen had told me she droppedout of the picture after the accident, but she might remember something from that period.• As Neta fadedout of the picture, he faded in.• With Oliver Ingraham out of the picture, things would be as they should have been.• Sharif is out of the picture, unable to return for 10 years under his exileagreement.• Wedemeyer quickly proved that many of these troubles could be addressed with Stilwell out of the picture.• She walked out of the picture and then came back.• She kept walking out of the picture and coming back.
10film 电影,影片
a)[countableC]AMF a film 电影
It was voted the year’s best picture.
它被选为年度最佳影片。
b)the pictures [plural]British EnglishBrE the cinema 电影院
Would you like to go to the pictures?
你想去看电影吗?
11be the picture of health/innocence/despair etcAPPEARANCEEXPRESSION ON somebody'S FACEto look very healthy etc 显得非常健康/天真/绝望等
Head bowed and sobbing, she was the picture of misery.
A cartoon in the New York Times showed the president talking to Osama Bin Laden.
comic strip a series of pictures drawn inside boxes that tell a story
Charles Schultz was famous for his cartoon strip about Snoopy and Charlie Brown.
caricature a funny drawing of someone that makes a part of someone’s face or body look bigger, worse etc than it really is, especially in a funny way
He is famous for his caricatures of politicians.
illustration a picture in a book
The book has over 100 pages of illustrations, most of them in colour.
poster a large picture printed on paper that you stick to a wall as decoration
old movie posters
There were lots of posters of pop bands on her bedroom wall.
print a picture that is usually produced on a printing press, and is one of a series of copies of the same picture
a limited edition of lithographic prints by John Lennon
image a picture – used especially when talking about what the picture is like, or the effect it has on you
He produced some memorable images.
a beautiful image
Some of the images are deeply disturbing.
artwork pictures or photographs, especially ones that have been produced to be used in a book or magazine
We are still waiting for the artwork to come back from the printers.
nCOLLOCATIONS – Meaning 4: a description or idea of what something is like
adjectives
a clear/good picture
He still didn’t have a clear picture of what had happened.
a vivid picture (=very clear)
Their diaries give us a vivid picture of their lives at the time.
an accurate/true picture
Our aim is to build an accurate picture of the needs of disabled people.
a distorted/misleading picture (=one that is not accurate)
The media coverage left many people with a distorted picture.
These figures give a misleading picture of the company’s financial health.
a detailed picture
We now have a detailed picture of the bird’s habits.
a complete/full picture
By asking these questions, I was able to get a more complete picture.
an overall/general picture
The study is intended to provide an overall picture of political activity in the nation.
a bleak/gloomy/grim picture (=giving the impression that something is or will be bad)
The report paints a bleak picture of the economy.
a rosy picture (=giving the impression that something is or will be good)
That figure paints a misleadingly rosy picture.
verbs
have a picture
I've never been there, but I have a picture of it in my mind.
a picture emerges (=becomes clear)
No clear picture emerges from the studies.
get a picture
Scientists have been trying to get a better picture of how the drug works.
build up/form a picture (=gradually get an idea of what something is like)
Detectives are still trying to build up a picture of what happened.
give/provide a picture
Her book gives us an interesting picture of ordinary people’s homes at the time.
present a picture
Newspapers tend to present a grim picture of what's going on in the world.
paint a picture (=create a particular idea or impression, especially one that is not accurate)
The latest survey paints a grim picture.
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picture• Pictures of her family covered the coffee table.• By the 1930s, Garbo was reportedly earning $250,000 a picture.• There was a picture of a windmill on the bedroom wall.• An alarmingpictureencapsulated a falsebelief.• After all this rigmarole, they were to write a story to fit the words and pictures they had chosen.• To get a better picture of how the company is doing, look at sales.• an early picture by the French Impressionistpainter Claude Monet• The media are merely the messengers, sometimes further sensationalizing and then passing along the false picture that has been painted.• Van Gogh's "Sunflowers' is one of the most famouspictures in the world.• They posed for pictures with him in the tunnel outside the clubhouse.• The house belonged to the Duke of Wellington, and his picturehangs in the hall.• Lee must win best foreign-language pictureOscar this spring-or indeed best picture.• I didn't know the word in Japanese so I drew a little picture.• Daisy did a lovelypicture of a cat at school today.• My picture of Saja was correct only in the fact that he was a glutton.• Leo's picture is in the paper today.• The picture's all fuzzy.• I still have a vividpicture in my head of my first day in Paris.
draw/paint a/somebody’s picture• Of course it was him that had messed up his diary, drawing those stupid pictures in it.• Charlotte used water-colours, and often spent hours painting small pictures.• Other economic indicators, however, paint a gloomier picture.• Repeatedcommissions and zemstvo investigationsdrew a grim picture of peasant destitution and growing frustration.• However, we were able to obtain the results for 1989 through 1991, and they do not paint a pretty picture.• Divide the students in pairs and have them draw a picture of a crane.• They drew one picture after another.• In Arles, Vincent painted a picture based on memory of the parsonagegarden at Etten.
wedding/holiday etc pictures• Many other themes came to mind when I started thinking about holiday pictures.• She has already altered her wedding pictures.• She hung these in the living room, near the wedding pictures.
big/bigger/wider picture• On the wall there was a big picture of Sir Anthony at the piano.• The politics of taxation was, and remains, only a small part of a much bigger picture.• Only a small blip in the big picture.• They see the details but miss the big picture.• To peruse the big picture, as it were.• That is the closing point; the biggest picture in the exhibition will be the finale.• No one in the boats has the luxury of seeing the big picture, of viewing Fuji majestic in the distance.
mental picture• They learn to let words create a mental picture and to then make a replica of their vision.• As they crossed Park Avenue, he had a mental picture of what an ideal pair they made.• She had a mental picture of Samuel Roberts' fine, hard face.• Somewhere between the event and the sentence is a mental picture.• Often we have only fragments of bones to build up a mental picture of the final complete skeleton.• This is in order to provide the reader with a mental picture of the house as the technicaloptions are discussed.• They make a funny mental picture because she is so short and he is so tall, just for starters.• Disappointment followed, the luridprojector of mental picturesshut down and I was left feeling I ought to have known better.
2AVPICTUREto show someone or something in a photograph, painting, or drawing 拍摄;画,绘
She is pictured with her mum Christine and sister Kelly.
照片里她和妈妈克里斯蒂娜还有妹妹凯莉在一起。
nGrammar
Picture is usually passive in this meaning.
3DESCRIBEto describe something in a particular way 描绘,描述
be pictured as something
She’s been pictured as a difficult, demanding woman.
她被描绘成一个难以相处的苛刻女人。
nGrammar
Picture is usually passive in this meaning.
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picture• Whichever, it seems that Arsenio isn't quite the sort of culturaldiplomat I had optimistically pictured.• Both pictured a glamorousbrunette, at least a dozen years older than herself.• When a child learns to picture and verbalize his feelings, he has the opportunity to reason and make intelligentchoices.• They have been pictured as the ultimatewealth of the community.• I can still picture her lovely brown eyes.• I pictured her trying to eke out her money - for I was sure there was not much.• I had never met Graham but I pictured him as a pale, thin young man wearing glasses.• He wrote that it was not as he had pictured it as the weather was bitterly cold and wet with some snow.• Can you picture it? Lying in the sun, sippingcocktails -- it would be paradise!• I pictured myself picking at least three hundred pounds a day and took the job.• It is frighteningly easy to picture our children bald-gummed, big-headed as the babies they sprang out of.• Miguel could still picture the children laughing and joking, and chasing each other around the garden.
picture somebody/something as something• I can't picture Jay as a balletdancer.
be pictured as something• Both the MinoanGoddess and Artemis were pictured asbees.• He is pictured as going down into the deep which now is a symbol of judgment.• Faithis pictured as the absence of doubt and the man of faith as the man with no doubts.• They are pictured as virtually irredeemable, lazy, dependent, living off the hard-earned money of others.
Originpicture1
(1400-1500)Latinpictura, from pictus, past participle of pingere“to paint”
1painting/drawing/photograph繪畫;照片ADJECTIVE | VERB + PICTURE | PICTURE + VERB | PICTURE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤beautiful, lovely, pretty, striking, stunning, wonderful漂亮的畫;引人注目的照片;絕妙的畫▸➤blurred, blurry, fuzzy, grainy模糊不清的照片;有顆粒感的照片▸➤black-and-white, colour/color黑白/彩色照片➤digital數碼照片➤baby, family嬰兒/家庭圖片➤school (especially NAmE) (usually school photograph in BrE)學校圖片➤holiday, vacation, wedding假期/度假/婚禮照片➤naked, nude裸體照片VERB + PICTURE➤draw, paint畫圖;(用顏料)繪畫➤compose構圖▸➤colour/color給照片着色◇The book has simple stories and pictures to colour / color.這本書有些小故事和可以上色的圖片。➤frame, hang給畫裝框;掛畫▸➤display, exhibit, show展出畫作▸➤pose for, sit for擺好姿勢以便畫像/拍照▸➤get, snap, take拍照;拍快照◇I got some good pictures of the procession.我拍了一些挺不錯的遊行照片。➤print打印圖片➤email sb, send sb用電子郵件向某人發送圖片;給某人發送圖片➤download, upload下載/上傳圖片PICTURE + VERB➤depict sth, show sth圖畫描繪⋯;照片展示⋯▸➤hang畫作掛着PICTURE + NOUN➤frame畫框▸➤book, postcard圖畫書;美術明信片▸➤gallery畫廊▸➤hook, rail (both especially BrE) 掛圖鈎;掛鏡線▸➤editor美術編輯PREPOSITION➤in a/the picture在照片裏;在圖畫中◇I can't see you in the picture.我在照片裏看不見您。◇The story is told in pictures.這個故事是以圖畫的形式講述的。➤picture of⋯的圖畫◇It's a picture of the Grand Canyon.這是一幅大峽谷的照片。➡ note at artpicture
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2pictureson TV, in films/movies, etc.電視;電影ADJECTIVE➤moving電影➤live, satellite, television現場直播/衞星/電視畫面picture
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3description; mental image印象ADJECTIVE | VERB + PICTURE | PICTURE + VERBADJECTIVE➤compelling, dramatic, vivid引人入勝的/戲劇性的/生動的畫面◇The book gives a vivid picture of life in modern Japan.這本書生動地描繪了現代日本的生活。➤clear清晰的印象➤pretty漂亮的畫面◇He didn't paint a very pretty picture of city life.他沒有把城市生活的畫面描繪得很美好。➤complete, comprehensive, full, general, overall, total, whole完整的描繪;全景;概況;總體印象◇The documentary didn't give the full picture.這部紀錄片沒有展現出全貌。➤big大圖景◇Because she's not involved, she can see the bigger picture.因為她是局外人,所以視角更寬廣。➤incomplete不完整的畫面▸➤broad大致的印象◇My visits enabled me to build up a broad picture of the culture.參觀遊覽使我對這種文化有了大致的瞭解。➤composite合成的圖片◇a composite picture of life a hundred years ago100 年前生活的合成畫面➤accurate, balanced, realistic, true準確無誤的印象;各方兼顧的描述;現實的寫照;真實的寫照▸➤false, misleading錯誤的印象;使人產生誤解的描繪▸➤idealized, optimistic, rosy理想化的情景;樂觀的描繪;美好的描繪▸➤bleak, dismal, gloomy, grim暗淡的景象;令人沮喪的景象;悲觀的描述;負面的描述◇The report paints a dismal picture of the government's economic record.報告描繪了該政府慘淡的經濟業績。➤distorted歪曲的描繪▸➤confusing令人感到困惑的描繪▸➤detailed詳細的描繪▸➤complex, complicated複雜的情況▸➤disturbing令人不安的景象▸➤mental腦海中的景象◇I tried to form a mental picture of the building being described.我努力在腦海中勾畫出所描述的建築物的樣子。VERB + PICTURE➤build, build up, construct, create, develop, establish, form, gain, get, obtain, put together建構情景;形成印象;得出印象;整理出情景◇They're trying to build up a detailed picture of the incident.他們正盡力建構出事件的詳細情況。➤give (sb), paint, present, project, reveal描繪出情景;展現出景象;確立⋯印象◇The figures reveal a disturbing picture of the state of our schools.這些數字顯示了我們學校令人擔憂的現狀。➤complete使描述完整▸➤conjure, conjure up使情景浮現於腦際◇The smell of the sea conjures up pictures of my youth.大海的氣味使我想起年輕時的情景。PICTURE + VERB➤emerge情景浮現◇What emerges is a complex picture of family rivalry.家庭成員間勾心鬥角的複雜情況浮現出來。picture
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4film/movie電影ADJECTIVE | VERB + PICTURE | PICTURE + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤motion (especially NAmE) 電影➤action動作片➤great, major (NAmE) 了不起的電影;大片➤best最佳影片◇the award for best picture最佳影片獎VERB + PICTURE➤direct, make導演/製作影片➤release發佈影片PICTURE + VERB➤star sb影片由某人主演◇a major motion picture starring Brent Everett布倫特・埃弗里特主演的一部大片PREPOSITION➤in pictures (NAmE, old-fashioned) 在電影圈◇I believe her husband's in pictures (= he acts in movies or works in the industry).我相信她丈夫在電影圈。
picture verb ⇨imaginepicture noun ⇨picture (draw a picture)⇨description (paint a gloomy picture of the economy)⇨idea1 (a sudden mental picture)⇨photograph (take a picture)picture
noun
➡ See also the entry for photograph另见photograph条picture ♦︎ painting ♦︎ drawing ♦︎ portrait ♦︎ graphics ♦︎ print ♦︎ sketch ♦︎ image ♦︎ artwork ♦︎ cartoonThese are all words for a scene, person or thing that has been represented on paper by drawing, painting, etc.这些词均表示图画、绘画。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to draw a picture / portrait / sketch / cartoon◆to paint a picture / portrait◆to make a painting / a drawing / a portrait / a print / a sketch / an image◆to do a painting / drawing / portrait / sketch◆to show / display / exhibit a picture / painting / drawing / portrait / print◆to frame / hang a picture / painting / portrait / print◆a picture / painting / drawing / portrait / print / sketch / cartoon shows sb / sth■picture [countable] a scene, person or thing that has been represented on paper using a pencil, a pen or paint(用铅笔、钢笔或颜料绘成的)图画,绘画◆The children were drawing pictures of their pets.孩子们在画他们的宠物。◆She got a famous artist to paint her picture(= a picture of herself).她请了一位名画家为自己画像。◆He likes books with lots of pictures in them.他喜欢看有大量插图的书。 see also illustration ⇨ diagram■painting [countable] a picture that has been made using paint绘画;油画◆a collection of paintings by American artists美国画家绘画作品集◆cave paintings洞穴里的壁画 see also paint ⇨ drawverb■drawing [countable] a picture that has been made using a pencil or pen, not paint(铅笔或钢笔)画;素描画◆a pencil / charcoal drawing铅笔画;炭笔画◆a drawing by Paul Klee保罗•克利的画◆He did a drawing of a yacht.他画了一条帆船。 see also draw ⇨ drawverb■portrait ˈpɔːtreɪt, ˈpɔːtrət; NAmEˈpɔːrtrət [countable] a painting, drawing or photograph of a person, especially of the head and shoulders肖像;半身像;半身照◆Vermeer's 'Portrait of the artist in his studio'弗美尔的《画室里的艺术家肖像》◆She had her portrait painted.她让人给她画了一幅画像。◆a self-portrait(= a painting that you do of yourself) in pen and ink用钢笔和墨水画的自画像◆a portrait painter肖像画家 see also portrait ⇨ description■graphicsˈgræfɪks [plural] designs or pictures that are used in the production of books and magazines and on television and computer screens(书、杂志、电视或电脑屏幕上的)图案,绘图,图像◆computer graphics电脑图像◆Text and graphics are prepared separately and then combined.文本和绘图分别制作后再排在一起。■print [countable] a picture that has been copied from a painting using photography(用照相制版法制作的)绘画复制品◆a Renoir print一幅雷诺阿油画的复制品◆a framed set of prints一组镶框的复制画 see also print ⇨ photograph■sketch [countable] a simple picture that is drawn quickly and does not have many details素描;速写;草图◆I usually do a few very rough sketches before I start on a painting.我通常在开始作画前先打几个很粗略的草图。◆He drew me a quick sketch.他为我画了张素描。 see also sketch ⇨ drawverb■image [countable] (formal) a copy of sb/sth in the form of a picture or statue画像;雕像;塑像◆Images of deer and hunters decorate the cave walls.洞穴壁上装饰着鹿和猎人的画像。◆a wooden image of the Hindu god Ganesh印度教神灵象头神的木雕像ⓘ An image can also be a picture of sb/sth seen on a television or computer screen. * image也可以指电视或电脑屏幕上的影像、图像。 see also image ⇨ image■artworkˈɑːtwɜːk; NAmEˈɑːrtwɜːrk [uncountable] pictures that are prepared for books, advertisements and magazines(书刊或广告上的)插图,图片◆Can you let me have the finished artwork by Friday?你能在星期五前做完插图给我吗?NOTE辨析 Graphics or artwork?Artwork places more emphasis on the process of producing the picture (for example by painting or drawing); graphics places more emphasis on the finished items. Artwork is pictures or photographs; graphics can also be designs, diagrams or tables. * artwork较强调绘图或画图的过程,而graphics较强调成品本身。artwork是图片或照片,graphics也可以是设计图、图表或表格。■cartoonkɑːˈtuːn; NAmEkɑːrˈtuːn [countable] an amusing drawing in a newspaper or magazine, especially one about politics or events in the news(报刊中尤与政治或时事有关的)漫画,讽刺画◆a political cartoon政治漫画ⓘ A cartoon is also a series of drawings that tell a story. * cartoon也指连环画或动画片◆a strip cartoon连环漫画◆a full-length Disney cartoon一部迪斯尼动画片的完整版