Portrait
[ 'pɔrtrət ]
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n. 肖像，肖像画;模型，标本;半身雕塑像;人物描写;
💡 词根助记
por(forward)+trait(draw)→肖像；描写
📝 例句
She preferred a good landscape to a portrait.
较之人像画她更喜欢美丽的风景画。
The portrait was his proudest possession.
那肖像是他最为珍贵的东西.
It is an impressive portrait.
这是一幅鲜明的人物肖像。
a flattering portrait [painter]
画得比本人 [实物] 好看的画像 [画家]
She is the very portrait of her mother.
她和她母亲长得一模一样。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ port-港口,r-拼音“人”,ait-wait等待:港口有人在等你画肖像
※ port-港口,r-拼音“人”,ai-拼音“爱”,t-拼音“偷”:港口有些人,总爱偷画像
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-strict-表示“拉紧”
常见变体有-stress-、-strain-、-string-
📖 牛津释义
portrait
n
1 painted picture, drawing or photograph of (esp the face of) a person or an animal （人或动物的）画像, 照片; （尤指面部的）肖像
paint sb's portrait 给某人画像
She had her portrait painted. 她让人给自己画了像. =>illus at caricature 见caricature插图. Cf 参看 landscape.
2 description in words 文字描绘; 描写
The book contains a fascinating portrait of life at the court of Henry VIII. 该书生动地描写了亨利八世的宫廷生活.
🎯 考研助记
portray(v.描绘)-portrait(n.肖像)
🔁 扩展释义
*['pɒ:treit]n. 肖像, 人像, 半身像, 描写, 竖排格式【计】 纵向
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The house moved and a few pictures fell off the wall, but that was all.
房屋也在动，几幅画从墙上掉下来，但只是这些。
It's nothing serious.You'd better have a good rest.
（病情）不太严重。你最好好好休息一下。
Companies that make telephones and computers and so on prefer to employ women.
生产电话、电子计算机等之类的公司，更喜欢雇佣女性。