一、詳細(xì)釋義:


n.

肖像,畫像;(半身)雕塑像 [C]


例句:

He sat for his portrait.

他坐著讓人給他畫像。


例句:

The portrait of her mother was her most prized possession.

她母親的這張肖像是她最珍愛的物品。


描繪,描寫 [C]


例句:

The book contains a fascinating portrait of life at the court of Henry VIII.

該書生動(dòng)地描寫了亨利八世的宮廷生活。


例句:

The article gives a detailed portrait of a great soldier.

這篇文章詳細(xì)地描寫了一位偉大的戰(zhàn)士。


相似的形象;寫照 [C]


例句:

She is the very portrait of her mother.

她和她母親長(zhǎng)得一模一樣。


二、詞義辨析:


drawing,illustration,cartoon,diagram,picture,sketch,painting,portrait

這些名詞都表示“畫,圖”之意。 drawing指用線條或色彩繪成的圖畫。 illustration指插入書頁(yè)之間幫助說(shuō)明的任何插圖或圖解。 cartoon指幽默或諷刺性漫畫。 diagram多指科技書籍或文獻(xiàn)中具有概括解說(shuō)作用的圖表、圖樣或略圖。 picture指廣義的“圖畫”,現(xiàn)多用來(lái)指相片、畫像。 sketch通常指只畫出物體主要特征的圖畫。 painting指著色的畫。 portrait指肖像,只用于指人。


三、相關(guān)短語(yǔ):


portrait lens

人像鏡頭


portrait painter

n. (=portraitist)人像畫家, 人像攝影師


四、參考例句:


Hang the portrait straight.

把畫像掛端正。


He is a portrait painter.

他是一個(gè)肖像畫家。


She had her portrait painted.

她讓人給自己畫了像。


The portrait was his proudest possession.

那肖像是他最為珍貴的東西。


He had his portrait painted in uniform.

他讓人畫了一幅身著制服的畫像。


Why don't you exhibit his portrait?

你為什么不展出他的畫像?


I unearthed the portrait from the attic.

我從閣樓上搜出這幅畫像.


This candid portrait is just classic.

這張偷拍的肖像恰是如此經(jīng)典。


The portrait is drawn to the life.

這畫像畫得栩栩如生。


This is a portrait in pastels.

這是一幅用彩色粉筆畫的肖像。