Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #11637
silhouettes
剪影；轮廓
silhouettes is the plural of silhouette.
A dark shape or outline of a person or object seen against a brighter background.
- 1.
An artistic depiction, often of a person's profile, in the form of an outline without any other visual details, similar to a shadow, made by cutting a piece of black paper, filling in an outline with a solid colour (usually black), etc.
一种艺术描绘,常为人物侧面,以轮廓形式呈现,没有其他视觉细节,类似影子,通过剪黑纸、用纯色(通常为黑色)填充轮廓等方式制作。
- 2.
an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)
物体投射阴影形成的轮廓
- 3.
A dark outline of someone or something seen against a brighter background.
在较亮背景映衬下的人或物的深色轮廓。
- 4.
a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color
用单一颜色填充的物体轮廓画
- 5.
An outline of a garment as it appears on a wearer.
衣服穿在人身上时呈现的轮廓。
- 6.
A brief written description of someone or something; an outline, a sketch.
对某人或某物的简短书面描述；概要,草图。
剪影画；黑色轮廓画；（服装的）廓形；轮廓；概述；梗概；一种艺术描绘,常为人物侧面,以轮廓形式呈现,没有其他视觉细节,类似影子,通过剪黑纸、用纯色(通常为黑色)填充轮廓等方式制作。；物体投射阴影形成的轮廓
In use
The hikers stood on the ridge, their silhouettes outlined against the setting sun.
She cut out a silhouette of a bird from black paper.
Through the fog, I could just make out the silhouette of a ship.
the silhouette of [noun]
The silhouette of the mountain was clear against the dawn sky.
山的轮廓在晨曦的天空下很清晰。
in silhouette
常用作介词短语，表示以黑色轮廓形式呈现。
The ship was seen in silhouette against the horizon.
那艘船在地平线上以剪影形式出现。
a silhouette against [noun]
against 后接背景物。
Connections
Collocations
- in silhouette
- 以剪影形式；成剪影状
- The old castle stood in silhouette against the evening sky.那座古老的城堡在傍晚天空的映衬下呈剪影状。
- dark silhouette
- 黑色剪影；深色轮廓
- I saw a dark silhouette move behind the curtain.我看见窗帘后面有一个黑色剪影在移动。
- silhouette portrait
- 剪影肖像
- She cut a silhouette portrait of her grandmother.她剪了一幅祖母的剪影肖像。
- slim silhouette
- 修长的廓形；纤细的轮廓
- This dress gives you a slim silhouette.这条连衣裙让你拥有修长的廓形。
- silhouette against
- 以…为背景的剪影；衬托在…上的轮廓
- The silhouette against the sunset was breathtaking.落日映照下的剪影令人叹为观止。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：窗户前的人挡住光线，只留下黑色轮廓，那就是 silhouette（剪影）。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：art and design、photography、fashion、describing a view 该词在日常和较书面的表达中都可以使用，通常用于描述人或物的轮廓或剪影，比较常见于艺术、摄影、时装和风景描写等场景。
Grammar Note
常与介词 'of' 连用，如 the silhouette of a tree
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 silhouette 的最后一个重读音节 /wɛt/ 押韵（silhouette /ˌsɪləˈwɛt/，pirouette /ˌpɪrəˈwɛt/ 等）。注意拼写：silhouette 和 pirouette 中的 'ouette' 发 /wɛt/，而 cigarette、marionette、quartet、duet、cassette 中的 'et(te)' 发 /ɛt/。不要把 'ou' 读成 /uː/（如 */ˌsɪləˈhuːɛt/）。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，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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