silhouette

C1 FREQ #19389 ★☆☆☆☆

n. 黑色半身侧面影, 影子, 轮廓, 剪影 vt. 描绘...成侧面影, 使照出影子来, 使仅仅显出轮廓

发音

US /ˌsɪ.lʊˈwɛt/

词形变化

silhouettes 复数 silhouettes silhouetted silhouettes 三单 silhouetting silhouetting 现在分词 silhouetted 过去式 silhouetted 过去分词

别名

silhouet

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.

    剪影

    I could see a silhouette of a figure looking out from the window, but I couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman.

  2. 2.

    The outline of a garment as it appears on the wearer.

    A-line is a classic silhouette for dresses and skirts.

v.
  1. 1.

    To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

drawing outline lineation
动词

上位词 3

project represent interpret

相关短语

in silhouette 成剪影, 呈现轮廓 empire silhouette

词源

Borrowed from French silhouette, after Étienne de Silhouette (1709–1767), French Controller of Finances. De Silhouette's penny-pinching led to the French term à la Silhouette, applied to things perceived as cheap or austere, such as an outline filled only with black. Étienne de Silhouette's surname is, in turn, gallicized Basque. It derives from Ziloeta or Zilhoeta, modern Basque Zulueta, from the local plural (see -ak) stem of zulo (“hole, cave”).

来源：wiktionary