- [countable, uncountable]
the dark outline or shape of a person or an object that you see against a light background （淺色背景襯托出的）暗色輪廓 the silhouette of chimneys and towers 煙囪和塔樓的輪廓 The trees were black silhouettes against the pale sky. 灰色天空映襯出樹木的黑色輪廓。 - in silhouette
The mountains stood out in silhouette. 群山的輪廓襯托了出來。
Extra ExamplesI could see its black silhouette against the evening sky. 我能看到夜幕下它黑色的輪廓。 Through the fog, the silhouette of buildings appeared along the shore. 透過霧，沿着海岸出現了建築物的輪廓。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- black
- dark
- stark
- …
- see
- in silhouette
- silhouette against
- [countable]
the shape of a person’s body or of an object （人的）體形；（事物的）形狀 - [countable]
a picture that shows somebody/something as a black shape against a light background, especially one that shows the side view of a person’s face 剪影；（尤指人臉的）側影 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- black
- dark
- stark
- …
- see
- in silhouette
- silhouette against
Word Originlate 18th cent.: named (although the reason remains obscure) after Étienne de Silhouette (1709–67), French author and politician.