portrait

portrait
noun
  1. 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。
  2. [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
  1. (限义项1)
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: from French, past participle (used as a noun) of Old French portraire 'portray'
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