Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #626
picture
想象；设想
To imagine or form a mental image of something.
- 1.
To represent in or with a picture.
用图画表现；描绘。
- 2.
To imagine or envision.
想象或设想
- 3.
To depict or describe vividly.
生动地描绘或描述
用图画表现；绘；生动地描述；形象地描绘；用图画表现；描绘。；想象或设想；生动地描绘或描述
In use
Can you picture yourself living in a small village by the sea?
She pictured her dream wedding while looking at the magazine.
He is picturing the finished painting in his mind before starting.
Verb forms
base picture · third person pictures · -ing picturing · past pictured · past participle pictured
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- picture someone doing something
- 想象某人做某事
- Can you picture him living in a small village?你能想象他住在一个小村庄里的情景吗？
- picture someone as something
- 把某人想象成某类人
- It's hard to picture her as a teacher.很难把她想象成老师。
- picture something in your mind
- 在脑海中想象某物
- Close your eyes and picture the beach in your mind.闭上眼睛，在脑海中想象那片海滩。
- picture the scene
- 想象那个场面
- Picture the scene: the street was full of dancers.想象一下那个场面：街上挤满了跳舞的人。
- vividly picture
- 清晰地想象
- She can still vividly picture her first trip to Beijing.她仍能清晰地想象出第一次去北京时的情景。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 picture 想成‘画’，动词就是把画面放进脑海（想象）或用语言画出来（描绘）。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、一般写作 作“想象”解时，通常用于日常对话和一般书面语，口语中较常见；若需更正式的表达，可考虑用 imagine 或 envisage。实际采用哪种语气需根据上下文判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Stricture rhymes with picture: both end in /ɪktʃə/ under the stress. Lecture, culture, capture, fixture, and nature share the -ture spelling but have different stressed vowels (or an extra consonant), so they are lookalikes, not rhymes.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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