silhouette

ldoce_302_asil·hou·ette /ˌsɪluˈet/ noun

1 SHAPE[countableC, uncountableU] a dark image, shadow, or shape that you see against a light background 侧面影像，黑色轮廓

silhouette of

a dark silhouette of domes and minarets

穹顶和尖塔的黑色轮廓

silhouette against

Soon the bombers would return, black silhouettes against a pale sky.

轰炸机很快会再来，灰蒙蒙的天空又会出现一个个黑色的轮廓。

in silhouette

The old windmill stood out in silhouette.

那架古老风车的轮廓映衬出来。

→5 See picture of SILHOUETTE 剪影 →4 See picture of 见图 silhouette

[countableC, uncountableU] a drawing of something or someone, often from the side, showing a black shape against a light background 剪影，侧影

silhouette pictures of snowmen and reindeer

雪人和驯鹿的剪影画

in silhouette

a picture of Mozart in silhouette

一张莫扎特的侧面剪影

3 [countableC] the particular shape certain clothes give you 〔穿上某种衣服后显出的〕体形，身段

Fitted clothes often give the neatest silhouettes.

合身的衣服常常能够显出匀称的身段。

—silhouetted adjectiveadj

tall chimney stacks silhouetted against the orange flames

橙色火焰映衬出的一座座高大烟囱的轮廓

Examples from the Corpus

silhouette• She looked up to the skyline, where Scathach's tall form was a silhouette.• Imprints of trees pressed themselves against the windshield, black silhouettes that hung like bleak skeletons.• The pile drivers stood idle in the darkness, gray silhouettes like horses sleeping upright in a field.• We could see her silhouette through the curtains.• I could see from his silhouette in the starlight that he was hanging his head.• Throwing up her hand, Tabitha glimpsed a figure in silhouette rising up from the floor at their very feet.• Lauren's fall collection includes wool suits with a new, narrower silhouette.• All this for a fleeting ten second flash of silhouette on the Big Screen.• One can easily imagine how such warm, living illumination would bring forth spontaneous silhouettes, as it were from another world.• I saw the silhouette of someone waiting under the streetlight.• It threw a red glow round their silhouettes as they walked away.• The trees were silhouettes in the morning fog.

in silhouette• The 321/2 stamp depicted a woman in silhouette.

Origin silhouette

(1700-1800) French from Étienne de Silhouette (1709-67), French politician famous for not liking to spend money, and therefore appropriately giving his name to a cheap simple picture

词汇	silhouette
释义	silhouette ldoce_302_asil·hou·ette /ˌsɪluˈet/ noun 1 SHAPE[countableC, uncountableU] a dark image, shadow, or shape that you see against a light background 侧面影像，黑色轮廓 silhouette of a dark silhouette of domes and minarets 穹顶和尖塔的黑色轮廓 silhouette against Soon the bombers would return, black silhouettes against a pale sky. 轰炸机很快会再来，灰蒙蒙的天空又会出现一个个黑色的轮廓。 in silhouette The old windmill stood out in silhouette. 那架古老风车的轮廓映衬出来。 →5 See picture of SILHOUETTE 剪影 →4 See picture of 见图 silhouette 2 [countableC, uncountableU] a drawing of something or someone, often from the side, showing a black shape against a light background 剪影，侧影 silhouette pictures of snowmen and reindeer 雪人和驯鹿的剪影画 in silhouette a picture of Mozart in silhouette 一张莫扎特的侧面剪影 3 [countableC] the particular shape certain clothes give you 〔穿上某种衣服后显出的〕体形，身段 Fitted clothes often give the neatest silhouettes. 合身的衣服常常能够显出匀称的身段。 —silhouetted adjectiveadj tall chimney stacks silhouetted against the orange flames 橙色火焰映衬出的一座座高大烟囱的轮廓 Examples from the Corpus silhouette• She looked up to the skyline, where Scathach's tall form was a silhouette.• Imprints of trees pressed themselves against the windshield, black silhouettes that hung like bleak skeletons.• The pile drivers stood idle in the darkness, gray silhouettes like horses sleeping upright in a field.• We could see her silhouette through the curtains.• I could see from his silhouette in the starlight that he was hanging his head.• Throwing up her hand, Tabitha glimpsed a figure in silhouette rising up from the floor at their very feet.• Lauren's fall collection includes wool suits with a new, narrower silhouette.• All this for a fleeting ten second flash of silhouette on the Big Screen.• One can easily imagine how such warm, living illumination would bring forth spontaneous silhouettes, as it were from another world.• I saw the silhouette of someone waiting under the streetlight.• It threw a red glow round their silhouettes as they walked away.• The trees were silhouettes in the morning fog. in silhouette• The 321/2 stamp depicted a woman in silhouette. Origin silhouette (1700-1800) French from Étienne de Silhouette (1709-67), French politician famous for not liking to spend money, and therefore appropriately giving his name to a cheap simple picture
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