pictures

picture[ 'pikt??z ]

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

    "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"

    同义词：imageiconikon

  • graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

    "his pictures hang in the Louvre"

    同义词：painting

  • a clear and telling mental image

    "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"

    同义词：mental pictureimpression

  • a situation treated as an observable object

    "the political picture is favorable"

    同义词：scene

  • illustrations used to decorate or explain a text

    "the dictionary had many pictures"

    同义词：pictorial matter

  • a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

    同义词：moviefilmmoving picturemoving-picture showmotion picturemotion-picture showpicture showpicflick

  • the visible part of a television transmission

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

    同义词：video

  • 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"

    同义词：word pictureword-paintingdelineationdepictioncharacterizationcharacterisation

  • a typical example of some state or quality

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

• v.
  • imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

    同义词：visualizevisualiseenvisionprojectfancyseefigureimage

  • show in, or as in, a picture

    同义词：depictrendershow