depict
verb (rather formal)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 ExamplesTopics Artc1The 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- graphically
- vividly
- accurately
- …
- depict somebody/something (as somebody/something)
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. 广告把吸烟描绘成富有魅力和吸引力的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- graphically
- vividly
- accurately
- …
- depict somebody/something
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin depict- ‘portrayed’, from the verb depingere, from de- ‘completely’ + pingere ‘to paint’.