depict

verb
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(rather formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they depict
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he / she / it depicts
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past simple depicted
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past participle depicted
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-ing form depicting
🔊/dɪˈpɪktɪŋ/
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  1. to show an image of somebody/something in a picture描绘;描画
    • depict somebody/something (as somebody/something) a painting depicting the Virgin and Child一幅描绘童贞马利亚和圣子耶稣的画
    • depict somebody/something doing something The artist had depicted her lying on a bed.画家画了她躺在床上的画像。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The carving clearly depicts a dragon inside a circle.这件雕刻清晰地刻画了圆圈内的一条龙。
    • paintings depicting scenes from mythology描绘神话场景的绘画
    • The panels depict scenes from the life of St Ursula.这些镶板描绘了圣乌尔苏拉的生活片段。
    Topics Artc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • graphically
    • vividly
    • accurately
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  2. to describe something in words, or give an impression of something in words or with a picture描写;描述;刻画
    • depict somebody/something The novel depicts French society in the 1930s.这部小说描述了 20 世纪 30 年代的法国社会。🔊🔊
    • depict somebody/something as somebody/something The advertisements depicted smoking as glamorous and attractive.广告描绘吸烟是迷人的和有吸引力的。
    Topics Literature and writingc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • graphically
    • vividly
    • accurately
    See full entry
  3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin depict- ‘portrayed’, from the verb depingere, from de- ‘completely’ + pingere ‘to paint’.