portrait
noun [ C ] uk/ˈpɔː.trət/ /ˈpɔː.treɪt/ us/ˈpɔːr.trɪt/
B2 肖像,画像;人像照片
a painting, photograph, drawing, etc. of a person or, less commonly, of a group of people
She's commissioned an artist to paint her portrait/paint a portrait of her. 她委托一位画家为她画一幅肖像。
a portrait gallery 肖像画廊
a portrait painter 肖像画家
电影(或书中)的描写,描述;表现
A film or book that is a portrait of something describes or represents that thing in a detailed way.
Her latest novel paints a very vivid portrait of the aristocracy in the 1920s. 她最新的一部小说生动地描绘了20世纪20年代的贵族生活。
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- an exceptionally fine portrait
- a lifelike portrait of the queen
- The portrait was finished after only three sittings.
- It was said that the portrait was a very true likeness of her.
- The movie paints a very vivid portrait of family life during the 1950's.
portrait
adjective uk/ˈpɔː.trət/ /ˈpɔː.treɪt/ us/ˈpɔːr.trɪt/
竖向(描述计算机文件打印的一种方式,即纸的短边置于顶部和底部)
A portrait computer document is to be printed with the shorter side of the paper at the top and bottom.
Compare: landscape adjective