pic‧ture 1 S1 W1 / pɪktʃə $ -ər / 名词
1 painting/drawing [可数名词] shapes, lines etc painted or drawn on a surface, showing what someone or something looks like :
The room had several pictures on the walls.
a book with pictures in it
picture of
I like that picture of the two horses.
draw/paint a/sb’s picture
Draw a picture of your house.
He asked her permission to paint her picture (= paint a picture of her ) .
2 photograph [可数名词] a photograph
picture of
That’s a great picture of you, Dad!
take sb’s picture/take a picture of somebody
I asked the waiter if he’d mind taking our picture.
wedding/holiday etc pictures
Would you like to see the wedding pictures?
3 television [可数名词] an image that appears on a television or cinema screen
picture of
upsetting pictures of the famine in Africa
satellite pictures from space
4 description/idea [可数名词，通常单数] a description or idea of what something is like
picture of
The book gives you a good picture of what life was like in Japan in the early 19th century.
The article paints a rather bleak picture of the future of our planet.
Detectives are trying to build up a picture of the kidnapper.
The description in the guidebook showed rather a rosy picture (= one that makes you think that something is better than it really is ) .
I now have a vivid picture (= very clear picture ) in my mind.
5 situation [单数形式] the general situation in a place, organization etc :
The worldwide picture for tribal people remains grim.
the wider political picture
Checks throughout the region revealed a similar picture everywhere.
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 ) .
6 mental image [可数名词，通常单数] an image or memory that you have in your mind :
Sarah had a mental picture of Lisbon.
He had a vivid picture in his mind.
7 put/keep somebody in the picture to give someone all the information they need to understand a situation, especially one that is changing quickly :
I’m just going now, but Keith will put you in the picture.
8 get the picture informal to understand a situation :
You’ve said enough. I get the picture.
9 out of the picture if someone is out of the picture, they are no longer involved in a situation :
Injury has effectively put Woods out of the picture as far as international matches are concerned.
10 film
a) [可数名词] a film :
It was voted the year’s best picture.
b) the pictures [复数形式] British English the cinema :
Would you like to go to the pictures?
11 be the picture of health/innocence/despair etc to look very healthy etc :
Head bowed and sobbing, she was the picture of misery.
12 be/look a picture to look beautiful
→ pretty as a picture at pretty 2 ( 7 )
COLLOCATIONS
动词
draw/paint a picture She drew a picture of a mushroom on the blackboard.
do a picture of somebody/something (= draw or paint a picture ) He’s done a picture of a monster.
a picture hangs somewhere Three pictures hung on the wall over his bed.
a picture shows something formal The picture shows two women leaning down towards a third.
a picture is of somebody/something (= used to talk about what a picture shows ) There’s a picture of his wife above the fireplace.
COLLOCATIONS
形容词
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.
动词
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.
THESAURUS
picture shapes, lines etc painted or drawn on a surface, especially as a piece of art, and often showing what someone or something looks like : a picture of a horse | He painted the picture in 1890, just before he died.
drawing a picture drawn with a pencil, pen etc : We had to do a drawing of a sunflower.
sketch a picture that is drawn quickly : I made a quick sketch of the kind of room we wanted.
painting a picture made using paint : The painting now hangs in the Museum of Modern Art. | Picasso did several paintings of her.
portrait a picture of a person : The portrait was painted by Rembrandt.
landscape a picture of a place, especially in the countryside or the mountains : Constable painted mainly landscapes.
cartoon a funny drawing in a newspaper or magazine that tells a story or a joke : 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 politicans.
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.