depict

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de·pict /dɪˈpɪkt/ verb [transitiveT] formal

DESCRIBEto describe something or someone in writing or speech, or to show them in a painting, picture etc 描写，描述，描绘

a book depicting life in pre-revolutionary Russia

描写革命前俄国人生活的一本书

depict somebody/something as something

The god is depicted as a bird with a human head.

这个神被描绘成人首鸟身的形象。

► see thesaurus at describe

—depiction /dɪˈpɪkʃən/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

depict• The California state flag depicts a grizzly bear.• In this new biography she is depicted as a lonely and unhappy woman.• The transcripts depict Davis weeping with remorse at several points during the confession.• The one clue comes from frescoes and vases that depict griffins protecting a seated Goddess.• The reaction to numerous business pressures are depicted in Fig. 1. 6.• Critics said the article depicted Latinos negatively.• His stories depict life in Trinidad as seen through the eyes of a young boy.• Red cartoon depicting monkeys skating about a typical street with masses of detail.• It comes bundled with Windows 3.1, and a proprietary front-end, which uses graphics to depict the various functions provided.• And rather than depicting various hues of political opinion, the new murals make an environmental statement.

depict somebody/something as something• We know that New York is sometimes depicted as a cold and heartless city.

Origin depict

(1400-1500) Latin depictus, past participle of depingere, from pingere “to paint”

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