portrait

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/ˈpɔːtɹeɪt/|/ˈpɔːtɹɪt/    /ˈpɔɹtɹət/|/ˈpɔɹtɹeɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders. countable
    — In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature.
  2. An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc. countable,figuratively
    — The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book.
  3. A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To portray; to draw. obsolete
    — But all as in most exquisite pictures, they vse to blaze and portrait, not only the daintie lineaments or beautie, but also round about it to shadowe the rude thickets and craggy clifts
形容词 adj.
  1. Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal. not-comparable
    — a portrait bust; a portrait statue

词形变化

portraits plural pourtraict alternative,obsolete portraits present,singular,third-person portraiting participle,present portraited participle,past portraited past pourtraict alternative,obsolete pourtraict alternative,obsolete

词源

词源 1
From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray”), from Latin prōtrahō (< prō- + trahō).
Compare typologically English drawing.
词源 2
From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray”), from Latin prōtrahō (< prō- + trahō).
Compare typologically English drawing.
词源 3
From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray”), from Latin prōtrahō (< prō- + trahō).
Compare typologically English drawing.
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