a painting, drawing, photograph, or engraving of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head and shoulders (尤指只刻画脸、头和肩部的)肖像,画像;照片;雕像 ■a representation or impression of someone or something in language or on film or television (语言、电影或电视中的)描绘,描写,描述,写照 the writer builds up a full and fascinating portrait of a community. 作家描绘出一个丰富而迷人的社区画面。
[as modifier](of a page, book, or illustration, or the manner in which it is set or printed) higher than it is wide (纸页、书、插图或其排版和印刷)竖排格式。 比较 landscape(义项2)
派生 portraitist noun
(限义项1)
语源
mid 16th cent.: from French, past participle (used as a noun) of Old French portraire 'portray'