n.(名词)

1. 照片，画像，图像
2. 美景
3. 化身，写照，体现
4. 局面，情景，状况
5. 电影，影片
6. 相似的形象，酷似的东西
7. 想像
8. 描写
9. 形象
10. 美丽如画的人
11. 图画似的叙述

v.(动词)

1. 想像，设想
2. 描绘，描述，描写
3. 画，绘画
4. 把...（作为电影）拍摄
5. 拍摄，照相，显示在照片上
6. 用图表示，用图片表示，用图片显示
7. 忆起
8. 使看得见

n.(名词)

1. [C]画,图片,照片 a painting or drawing; a photograph
2. [S](生动的)描述,写照 account or description of sth that enables one to form a mental picture or impression of it
3. [C]影片,电影,画面 a cinema film; what is seen on a television or cinema screen
4. [S]美景,景色 beautiful object, scene, person, etc.
5. [S]情况,事态,局面 a situation

v.(动词)

1. vt. 绘画; 描绘 draw or paint; make a picture of
2. vt. 想象 imagine

Noun:

1. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface;

   "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"
   "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"
   

2. graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface;

   "a small painting by Picasso"
   "he bought the painting as an investment"
   "his pictures hang in the Louvre"
   

3. a clear and telling mental image;

   "he described his mental picture of his assailant"
   "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"
   "the events left a permanent impression in his mind"
   

4. a situation treated as an observable object;

   "the political picture is favorable"
   "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
   

5. illustrations used to decorate or explain a text;

   "the dictionary had many pictures"
   

6. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement;

   "they went to a movie every Saturday night"
   "the film was shot on location"
   

7. the visible part of a television transmission;

   "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"
   

8. a graphic or vivid verbal description;

   "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"
   "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"
   "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
   

9. a typical example of some state or quality;

   "the very picture of a modern general"
   "she was the picture of despair"
   

10. a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material

Verb:

1. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind;

   "I can't see him on horseback!"
   "I can see what will happen"
   "I can see a risk in this strategy"
   

2. show in, or as in, a picture;

   "This scene depicts country life"
   "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
   

1.图画；绘画；图片
Apicture consists of lines and shapes which are drawn, painted, or printed on a surface and show a person, thing, or scene.

e.g. Apicture of Rory O'Moore hangs in the dining room at Kildangan.
一幅罗里·奥穆尔的画像挂在基尔丹根的餐厅里。
e.g. ...drawing a smallpicture with coloured chalks.
用彩色粉笔画一张小画

2.照片
Apicture is a photograph.

e.g. The tourists have nothing to do but take pictures of each other...
游客无事可做，只能互相拍照。
e.g. The Observer carries a big front-pagepicture of rioters in a litter-strewn street.
《观察家报》在头版刊登了一张暴乱者聚集在满是垃圾的街头的大幅照片。

3.（电视）图像，画面
Televisionpictures are the scenes which you see on a television screen.

e.g. ...heartrending television pictures of human suffering.
令人心碎的人类遭受苦难的电视画面

4.（在报纸、杂志等上）登载…的照片（或图片）
Tobe pictured somewhere, for example in a newspaper or magazine, means to appear in a photograph or picture.

e.g. The golfer is pictured on many of the front pages, kissing his trophy as he holds it aloft.
许多报纸的头版上都刊登了那个高尔夫球手高高举起奖杯亲吻的照片。
e.g. ...a woman who claimed she had been pictured dancing with a celebrity in Stringfellows nightclub...
宣称自己在斯特林费洛夜总会和某位名人跳舞的照片上了报纸的女子

5.影片；电影
You can refer to a film as apicture .

e.g. Warner Communications Inc. has refused to distribute thepicture in the United States.
华纳通信公司已拒绝在美国发行这部电影。
e.g. ...a director of epic action pictures.
史诗动作片的导演

6.电影院
If you go tothe pictures, you go to a cinema to see a film.

e.g. We're going to the pictures tonight...
我们今晚要去看电影。
e.g. I'd rather see it at the pictures than on video anyway.
我本来就宁可去电影院看，而不是看录像。

in AM, use 美国英语用 the movies

7.想象；印象；心中的形象;头脑中的情景
If you have apicture of something in your mind, you have a clear idea or memory of it in your mind as if you were actually seeing it.

e.g. They have in their mind apicture of what an alcoholic should look like...
他们的心中有一个酒鬼应有的样子。
e.g. We are just trying to get ourpicture of the whole afternoon straight...
我们只是想把整个下午的情形搞清楚。

8.想象；设想
If youpicture something in your mind, you think of it and have such a clear memory or idea of it that you seem to be able to see it.

e.g. He pictured her with long black braided hair...
他想象她留着黑油油的长辫子的样子。
e.g. I never would have pictured this as her home...
我怎么也想不出她的家会是这样。

9.描述；描绘；写照
Apicture of something is a description of it or an indication of what it is like.

picture的意思

e.g. I'll try and give you a betterpicture of what the boys do...
我会试着更清楚地向你描述一下这些男孩子都干些什么。
e.g. Her book paints a bleakpicture of the problems women now face...
她的书是女性当下所面临问题的凄凉写照。

10.事态；情况；局面
When you refer to thepicture in a particular place, you are referring to the situation there.

e.g. But as with other charitable bodies, these figures mask the truepicture...
但和其他慈善机构一样，这些数字掩盖了实情。
e.g. It's a similarpicture across the border in Ethiopia.
在边界那边的埃塞俄比亚，情况也大致相似。

11.（尤指通过他人描述）弄明白情况，了解情形
If youget the picture, you understand the situation, especially one which someone is describing to you.

e.g. Luke never tells you the whole story, but you always get thepicture.
卢克从不告诉你事情的来龙去脉，但你总会弄明白是怎么回事。

12.牵涉其中/不涉其中；在局内/在局外
If you say that someone isin the picture, you mean that they are involved in the situation that you are talking about. If you say that they areout of the picture, you mean that they are not involved in the situation.

e.g. Meyerson is back in thepicture after disappearing in July...
迈耶森在7月份消失后现在又掺和了进来了。
e.g. Sometimes security was so tight that people who might have had something important to offer were left out of thepicture.
有时安全措施过于严密，使本来可能会提供重要情况的人成了局外人。

13.（形容模样）健康的化身/痛苦的典型
You usepicture to describe what someone looks like. For example, if you say that someone isa picture of health orthe picture of misery, you mean that they look extremely healthy or extremely miserable.

e.g. We found her standing on a chair, thepicture of terror, screaming hysterically.
我们发现她站在一把椅子上，满脸恐惧地发出歇斯底里的尖叫。

14.使了解内情；向…介绍情况
If youput someonein the picture, you tell them about a situation which they need to know about.

e.g. Has Inspector Fayard put you in thepicture?
法亚尔督察把情况都告诉你了吗？

1. 画面：对图像类而言,在计算机图形学中以三维几何的画面(picture)产生为主,主要内容是:面消隐(shading)、光照模型(反射、透明、光线跟踪和辐射度等)、阴影模型和纹理模型,以及光源模型和颜色模型等.

2. 图画：他主张在学习外语时要忘掉自己的母语,要用所学的这门外语来思考.因此教师在教授英语时要尽可能地摆脱汉语的影响.教单词时也不例外,在学生不明白单词的意思时要尽可能利用图画(picture)或肢体语言(Body language)来让学生猜意思,

3. picture的翻译

3. 照片：让我们看看这些表的结构:应用程序表(Applications)包含与应用程序描述要求相匹配的字段:姓名(Name)、描述(Description)、作者(Author)、类型(Type)、规模(Size)、成本(Cost)、DateUpl和照片(picture).

4.picture：pict; 图像

A picture of flowers hung on the wall.

墙上挂着一张花卉的图画。

The children were drawing pictures of their pets.

孩子们在画他们的宠物。

She wanted a famous artist to paint her picture (= a picture of herself) .

她想请一位名画家为自己画像。

a book with lots of pictures in it

一本有大量插图的书

We had our picture taken in front of the hotel.

我们在旅馆前照了相。

The picture shows the couple together on their yacht.

照片显示这对情侣一同在他们的游艇上。

A picture of Rory O'Moore hangs in the dining room at Kildangan.

一幅罗里·奥穆尔的画像挂在基尔丹根的餐厅里。

...drawing a small picture with coloured chalks.

用彩色粉笔画一张小画

The tourists have nothing to do but take pictures of each other...

游客无事可做，只能互相拍照。

The Observer carries a big front-page picture of rioters in a litter-strewn street.

《观察家报》在头版刊登了一张暴乱者聚集在满是垃圾的街头的大幅照片。

...heartrending television pictures of human suffering.

令人心碎的人类遭受苦难的电视画面

The golfer is pictured on many of the front pages, kissing his trophy as he holds it aloft.

许多报纸的头版上都刊登了那个高尔夫球手高高举起奖杯亲吻的照片。

...a woman who claimed she had been pictured dancing with a celebrity in Stringfellows nightclub...

宣称自己在斯特林费洛夜总会和某位名人跳舞的照片上了报纸的女子

Warner Communications Inc. has refused to distribute the picture in the United States.

华纳通信公司已拒绝在美国发行这部电影。

...a director of epic action pictures.

史诗动作片的导演

We're going to the pictures tonight...

我们今晚要去看电影。

I'd rather see it at the pictures than on video anyway.

我本来就宁可去电影院看，而不是看录像。

They have in their mind a picture of what an alcoholic should look like...

他们的心中有一个酒鬼应有的样子。

We are just trying to get our picture of the whole afternoon straight...

我们只是想把整个下午的情形搞清楚。

He pictured her with long black braided hair...

他想象她留着黑油油的长辫子的样子。

I never would have pictured this as her home...

我怎么也想不出她的家会是这样。

I'll try and give you a better picture of what the boys do...

我会试着更清楚地向你描述一下这些男孩子都干些什么。

Her book paints a bleak picture of the problems women now face...

她的书是女性当下所面临问题的凄凉写照。

But as with other charitable bodies, these figures mask the true picture...

但和其他慈善机构一样，这些数字掩盖了实情。

It's a similar picture across the border in Ethiopia.

在边界那边的埃塞俄比亚，情况也大致相似。

Luke never tells you the whole story, but you always get the picture.

卢克从不告诉你事情的来龙去脉，但你总会弄明白是怎么回事。

Meyerson is back in the picture after disappearing in July...

迈耶森在7月份消失后现在又掺和了进来了。

Sometimes security was so tight that people who might have had something important to offer were left out of the picture.

有时安全措施过于严密，使本来可能会提供重要情况的人成了局外人。

We found her standing on a chair, the picture of terror, screaming hysterically.

我们发现她站在一把椅子上，满脸恐惧地发出歇斯底里的尖叫。

Has Inspector Fayard put you in the picture?

法亚尔督察把情况都告诉你了吗？

1. The beautiful picture caught her attention.
   这张美丽的画引起了她的注意。
2. The picture was painted in broad masses of colour.
   那幅画用大幅面的色彩画成。
3. The pictures gripped my imagination.
   这些绘画吸引着我,使我浮想联翩。
4. I bid ten dollars for that picture.
   我对那幅画出价10美元。
5. Mary colored her picture with pencils.
   玛丽用彩色铅笔给她的图画上色。
6. You may be only an amateur painter, but your pictures can knock mine into a cocked hat.
   虽然你只是个业余画家,可你的画却远胜于我的。
7. Her letters paint a wonderful picture of her life in Burma.
   她的书信描绘了她在缅甸生活的一幅绝妙图画。
8. All the pictures should be faced forward.
   所有的图片都应朝前摆。
9. He cut out the picture from the newspaper.
   他从报上剪下这图片。
10. She likes to collect stories and pictures of Dr. Bethune.
    她喜欢搜集白求恩大夫的故事和图片。
11. Do you approve of the pictures in the book?
    你对这本书中的插图满意吗?
12. The stamp bears the picture of George Washington.
    这张邮票上印有乔治·华盛顿的肖像。
13. The photographer grouped the family together so that he could get them all in the same picture.
    摄影师把全家人聚拢在一起,以便把他们摄入同一张相片。
14. Since many people want to get his autographed picture, the famous football player cannot get away.
    很多人想得到这位球星亲笔签字的照片,因此他一时脱不开身。
15. His picture has been incorporated without his permission into an advertisement.
    未经他本人同意,他的照片就被使用在广告上。
16. She said good-bye and added that she would send us some pictures.
    她先道了再见,接着又说她会给我们寄些照片来。
17. We wanted to see some old family pictures so Jenny brought them out and showed them to us.
    我们想看些过去的生活照,所以珍妮把它们都摆了出来给我们看。
18. May I take a picture of you?
    我给你拍张照片好吗?
19. Shall we have a few pictures taken?
    我们照几张相好吗?
20. The author of the book painted a dismal picture of the future.
    本书的作者描述了未来的凄凉景象。
21. The report gave a detailed picture of what was happening.
    这篇报道详细描述了当时发生的事情。
22. Can you form a picture in your mind of what I described to you?
    你能想象我给你描述的情景吗?
23. This picture attracts a large audience.
    这部影片吸引了大量的观众。
24. Movie pictures are projected onto the screen.
    电影被放映在银幕上。
25. Have you seen her latest picture?
    你看过她最近演的电影吗?
26. The movie company spent much money building up its new picture.
    电影公司花了大量的钱给新片子做广告宣传。
27. The attention of all the audience converged on the screen as soon as the motion picture started.
    电影一开始,所有观众的注意力就都集中在屏幕上。
28. She looked a picture in her new dress.
    她穿上新衣服看起来很漂亮。
29. The park is a picture when flowers are in bloom.
    当鲜花盛开时,这个公园的景色美极了。
30. The lake was a picture as we skirted it at dusk.
    黄昏我们绕湖而行时,湖上景色如画。
31. After long study there emerged an overall picture of conditions that were extremely disheartening.
    经过长期研究,总的情况明朗了,这些情况叫人丧失信心。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. The painter pictured the general sitting on a horse.
   那位画家把骑在马上的将军画了下来。
2. The soldier pictured the battle.
   那个士兵生动地描述了战役情况。
3. picture yourself in that suit.
   想想你穿上那件西装的样子。
4. picture yourself in her situation!
   你站在她的位置上想一想吧!

S+～+that-clause

1. I can picture that he will come.
   我猜他一定会来的。

S+～+wh-clause

1. Please picture what you have seen at the park for me.
   请为我描述你在公园里看到的景象。
2. Can't you picture how she must feel?
   你难道想象不出她会有什么样的感受吗?

用作宾补动词S+～+ n./pron. +as n./adj.

1. The artist pictured her as a girl.
   艺术家把她画成一个女孩子。
2. The artist pictured him as a young man in riding dress.
   画家将他画成身穿骑装的年轻人。
3. I can't quite picture him as a family man.
   我很难想象他是个有家室的人。
4. I cannot picture her as an actress.
   我无法想象她竟是一名演员。
5. He can't quite picture himself as a father.
   他不能想象自己做了爸爸。

S+～+ n./pron. + v -ing

1. Can you picture them leading a demonstration?
   你能想象他们领导一次示威游行吗?
2. Can you picture her riding a bicycle?
   你能想象她骑自行车的样子吗?
3. Can you picture her working as a diplomat?
   你能想象她作为一个外交官的样子吗?

get the picture

了解(形势、情况等) understand a (situation)

in〔out〕 of the picture

引起〔不引起〕他人注意 receiving〔not receiving〕 sb's share of attention

picture to oneself

给自己想象出 imagine (sth) to oneself
picture to oneself sth/wh-clause

You should picture to yourself the brilliant future ahead of us.

你该想象一下我们光明灿烂的未来。

She pictured to herself what it might be like to live in England.

她想象生活在英国的情况。

picture to oneself sb v-ing

He pictured to himself the family sitting out to the lawn.

他想象家里人坐在草坪上。

动词+～

• picture">cherish picture珍爱画作〔照片〕
• pictures">collect pictures收集画作
• picture">colour picture在画上着色
• picture">come into picture出现,引起注意,被牵涉到
• picture">copy picture仿制画作
• picture">draw a picture绘图,描绘,描写
• picture">feast on a picture尽情欣赏一幅画
• picture">frame (up) picture装帧画〔照片〕
• picture">get picture了解情况
• picture">give a picture描绘,描写
• picture">hang (up) picture挂画
• picture">paint a picture画油画,描绘,描写
• picture">put up picture贴画
• picture">reproduce picture复制画
• picture">retouch picture修改〔润色〕图画
• picture">speak one's picture表达意见,直言相告
• picture">submit picture呈交画作
• pictures">go to pictures去看电影
• picture">play picture演戏
• picture">project picture放映影片
• picture">run picture放映影片
• pictures">shoot pictures摄影
• picture">snap a picture拍照
• picture">take a picture拍照

形容词+～

• picture">abstract picture抽象的画
• picture">beautiful picture美丽的画
• picture">celebrated picture名画
• picture">clear picture清晰的图画,透彻的描绘
• pictures">close-up pictures特写镜头
• picture">detailed picture详细的描绘
• picture">erotic picture色情画
• picture">exaggerated picture夸张的图画,夸张的描写
• picture">fine picture精美的画作〔照片〕
• picture">full-length picture全身像
• picture">full-size picture全身照片
• picture">genuine picture真画
• picture">gloomy picture模糊的图画,令人沮丧的描绘
• picture">high-coloured picture色彩鲜艳的画
• picture">immortal picture不朽的画作
• picture">lovely picture可爱的照片〔图画、景色〕
• picture">moving picture电影
• picture">newsworthy picture有新闻价值的照片
• picture">overdrawn picture夸张的描写
• picture">realistic picture现实主义的绘画,真实写照
• picture">silent picture无声电影
• picture">true picture真实写照
• picture">valuable picture珍贵的画
• picture">vivid picture栩栩如生的描写
• pictures">Western pictures西部片
• picture">wide-screen picture宽银幕影片
• picture">world-famous picture世界著名的画作

名词+～

• picture">animal picture动物画,动物图片
• picture">conversation picture描绘一群人物的风俗画
• picture">group picture团体照
• picture">landscape picture风景画
• picture">motion picture〈美〉电影
• picture">sound picture有声电影
• picture">wedding picture结婚照

～+名词

• picture%20gallery">picture gallery画廊,美术馆
• picture%20show">picture show画展
• picture%20tube">picture tube显像管

介词+～

• picture">in a picture在图画里,在电影中
• pictures">news in pictures时事画报
• picture">play in that picture演那部电影
• picture">outline of a picture画的轮廓

～+介词

• picture%20from%20life">picture from life写生画
• picture%20of%20girl">picture of girl描绘女孩子的画
• picture%20of%20Indian%20life">picture of Indian life印度生活的描写
• picture%20on%20screen">picture on screen银幕上的图像

～+名词

• picture%20sb%27s%20feeling">picture sb's feeling描绘出某人的情感
• picture%20scene">picture scene描绘景象

～+副词

• picture%20artistically">picture artistically富有艺术性地描绘
• picture%20brilliantly">picture brilliantly绘画出色
• picture%20easily">picture easily很容易想象
• picture%20faithfully">picture faithfully如实地描绘
• picture%20mystically">picture mystically神奇地想象
• picture%20ruthlessly">picture ruthlessly无情地刻画
• picture%20vividly">picture vividly生动地描绘

～+介词

• picture%20as">picture as把…描绘〔想象〕成
• picture%20from">picture from根据…描绘〔想象〕
• picture%20in%20one%27s%20mind">picture in one's mind在头脑中想象
• picture%20to%20oneself">picture to oneself暗自想象

• That subtler spirit..which picture cannot express.

  出自：Leigh Hunt

• Madly exuberant herbaceous borders pictured in a seedsman's catalogue.

  出自：Day Lewis

E-mail account-(电子邮件帐户)

A：How do I set up an email account?
我怎样可以建立一个电子邮件账户？

B：Oh, that’s easy. Go to yahoo.com. Now, click on the link with thepicture of an envelope.
哦，那很容易。上雅虎网站。现在，点击这个图片为信封的链接。

A：Which link?
哪一个链接？

B：That one, the one that says, “Mail.”
那个，叫做“邮件”。

A：Oh, no. What did I do? It’s asking me for a password.
哦，不，我做了什么？它要我输入密码。

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B：Don’t worry. See where it says, “New User”?
别急。看是是否问是新用户？

A：Yes.
是的。

B：Click on that.
点击这个。

A：Oh, I see.
哦，我知道了。

B：Yeah, just fill out this fomp3 and choose a password. The computer will do the rest.
是的，填了这张表，选择一个密码。其他的就交给电脑来做。

In the museum-(在展览馆)

A：Wow! I can’t believe I’m standing here!
哇，我简直不能相信我站着这儿。

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B：What are you so excited about?
你怎么如此兴奋。

A：I’m standing in front of an exquisite work of art!
我可是站在一副精美的艺术作品前面。

B：What’s the big deal? It’s just apicture of some woman.
这又有什么了不起。只是某位女士的肖像画而已。

A：I’ve seen it so many times in books, but I never imagined I’d get to see it in person.
我在书本上看到很多次。但没想到可以亲眼见到。

B：There are tons of other paintings that I think are better.
我想比这好的不计其数。

A：Maybe so, but do you have any idea how much this one is worth?!
可能是的。但是你知道这幅画值多少钱吗？

B：No, how much is it worth?
不知道，值多少钱？

A：About 80 million dollars.
大概8千万元。

picture的翻译

B：Whoah.
哇。

女士美容

A：Good morning, madam.
上午好，太太。

B：Good morning. I would like a shampoo and set.
上午好。我想洗头、做头发。

A：Yes, madam. What style do you want?
是，太太。做什么式样？

B：I'd like to try a new hair-style. Could you show me some pictures of hair styles?
我想换个新发型。你能不能给我看些发型式样的照片？

A：Sure. We have various models: hair bobbed, hair sweptback, chaplet hair style, shoulder-length hair style,hair done in a bun. Please have a look at them, madam.
可以。我们有各种各样的发型，如剪短发、后掠式、盘花冠式、齐肩式，还有把头发挽成发髻。太太，您请看。

B：Thanks. Please give me the style in thispicture here but make the wave longer. I would like hair spray,please.
谢谢。请你按这张照片上的发型烫，波浪烫长些。请喷些发胶。

A：Yes, madam.
好的，太太。

B：Oh, your hair dryer is too hot. Would you adjust it, please?
哎呦，吹风太热了，请调整一下吧。

A：Sorry, madam. I'll adjust it right away.Is that all right now?
对不起，太太。我马上调整。现在可以了吗？

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B：Yes, thank.
可以了，谢谢。

A：Please have a look.
请您看一看。

B：Beautifully done. Please trim my eyebrows and darken them.
做得好极了。请把眉毛修一下，再画深一点。

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A：All right, madam. And would you like a manicure?
好的，太太。您还要修一下指甲吗？

B：Yes. Use a light nail varnish, please.
要的。请用浅色指甲油。

n.(名词)

1. picture的基本意思是“画,图画”,可指各种图片及照片,是可数名词。
2. picture可作“(生动的)描述,写照”解,通常指语言文字的生动描述,常用作单数形式,与不定冠词连用。
3. picture在口语中可作“影片,电影”解,是可数名词。
4. picture作“美景,景色”解时,既可指人,也可指物,常用作单数,与冠词连用。
5. picture还可作“情况,事态,局势”解,常用作单数,与不定冠词连用。

v.(动词)

1. picture用作动词的意思为“绘画”“描绘”,引申可表示“想象”。
2. picture通常只用作及物动词,可接名词、代词、that或疑问词引导的从句作宾语,还可接以as短语或现在分词充当补足语的复合宾语。
3. picture还常用于picture to oneself结构中,表示“给(自己)想象出”,其后可接名词或代词作宾语,也可接以现在分词充当补足语的复合宾语。

n.(名词)

picture, drawing, painting, photo, portrait

这组词的共同意思是“画”。其区别是：

drawing指“素描”或“工程图纸”。例如:

This is a drawing in pencil.这是一幅铅笔素描。

We produced a working drawing.我们绘制了一幅施工图。

painting多指油画。例如:

There are many paintings in the room.这间屋子里有很多油画。

在表示水彩画时,用drawing或painting均可。例如:

This is a water-colour drawing〔painting〕.这是一幅水彩画。

photo指“照片”。例如:

I have some photos taken in my hometown.我有一些在家乡拍的照片。

picture指各种“画,照片或影片”。例如:

He has collected some famous pictures.他收集了一些名画。

May I take your picture?我可以为你拍张照片吗?

Let's go and see a good picture.我们去看一部好电影吧。

portrait指“(人物)肖像”。例如:

This portrait looks real.这幅肖像简直像真的。

下列各组中两个句子意思不同:

I like pictures.

我喜欢画片。

I like the pictures.

我喜欢电影。

This is a picture of the President.

这是总统的画像。

This is a picture of the President's.

这是总统收藏的画。

v.(动词)

picture oneself, picture to oneself

这两个短语的区别在于前者中oneself是picture的宾语,而后者中to oneself是picture的状语。另外,前者的意思是“想自己的情况”; 后者的意思是“想自己或别人的情况”。

cinema，film，movie，picture

这些名词均有“电影”之意。

cinema与the连用指(上映的)电影，电影工业；可指电影院；在英国与the连用还可指电影艺术。

film指电影、影片，普通用词。

movie美国英语中的口语用词。

picture从原义指银幕或电视屏幕上的图像引申指影片。

describe，represent，sketch，picture

这些动词均有“描写、描述”之意。

describe侧重指描述细节，给读者或听众提供清晰的视觉图像。

represent指有代表性或象征性地描述或讲述。

sketch指快速地勾勒或概略地叙述。

picture着重能够栩栩如生地把事物或场景等描绘出来。

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

这些名词都表示“画，图”之意。

drawing指用线条或色彩绘成的图画。

illustration指插入书页之间帮助说明的任何插图或图解。

cartoon指幽默或讽刺性漫画。

diagram多指科技书籍或文献中具有概括解说作用的图表、图样或略图。

picture指广义的“图画”，现多用来指相片、画像。

sketch通常只指画出物体主要特征的图画。

painting指着色的画。

portrait指肖像，只用于指人。

n.(名词)

画上是什么?

误 What is on the picture?

正 What is in the picture?

析 强调内容时picture前的介词通常用in,不用on。

那位画家两天就完成了这幅画。

误 The artist finished the photograph in two days.

正 The artist finished the picture in two days.

析 “画”一般用picture来表示,而不用photograph。

• ☆ 15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的pictura，意为绘画。