词汇 | picture |
词根词缀 | 词源: c.1420, from L. pictura "painting," from pictus, pp. of pingere "to make pictures, to paint, to embroider," (see paint). The verb, in the mental sense, is from 1738; pictures "movies," short for moving pictures, is from 1912. Picture post-card first recorded 1899. Phrase every picture tells a story first attested 1906, in an advertisement for kidney pills; a picture is worth a thousand words (1921), said to be a Confucian proverb, first recorded in a printers' professional journal. 词根记忆: n. 画,图片;影片;美景v.画,描述,想象This picture is the best I have seen.这张是我见过画得最好的画. n. 图画,照片(pict+ure)[pict=paint,表示"描画"] 词根词缀: picture picturesque a 如画的(picture图画) -esque表形容词,”如…的” picturesque a 如画的(picture图画) arabesque a 阿拉伯式的(arab阿拉伯) gigantesque a 巨人一般的(gigant巨人) statuesque a 如雕像般的(statue雕像) grotesque a 怪诞的(grot岩洞+esque,岩洞里的画是怪诞的,参考:grotto岩洞,洞室) burlesque a 讽刺的(戏剧) (burl嘻笑+esque) picture n 图画,照片(pict+ure) pict=paint,表示”描画” picture n 图画,照片(pict+ure) picturesque a 风景如画的(picture+esque像…的=像图画的) pictograph n 象形文字(pict+o+graph写=用图画写=象形文字) depict v 描述,描绘(de 加强+pict=加强描画=描绘) |
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