depicture
名词 n.
动词 v.
英文释义
名词 n.
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The act or result of depicturing something or someone.
— The conception of a misdeed operating through several generations […] was a novel one at the time; this graphic depicture of the past at work upon the present has anticipated a great deal of the history and criticism of the following twenty-five years […]
动词 v.
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To make a picture or representation of.
— The bed appointed for the prince to rest himselfe, was of blacke Ebonie enchased which Rubies, Diamons and Carbun[c]ls […] on which by degrees mans state from infancie to his olde age was plainly depictured,
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To represent in words.
— The modern Fiction which depictures the son of Cytherea [i.e. Eros] with a bandage round his eyes, is not without a spiritual meaning. There is a sweet and holy Blindness in Christian LOVE […]
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To give visual evidence of (referring to a person's facial expression or appearance)
— […] he entered the church with a proud firm step, and with a countenance which depictured his inward triumph;
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To form a mental image of.
— […] I would depicture her, a foiled and wistful little wraith, very lonely in eternity […]
词汇关系
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词源
词源 1
From de- + picture; formed under the influence of depict.
词源 2
From de- + picture; formed under the influence of depict.
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