picturesque

英 [,pɪktʃə'resk] 美 [,pɪktʃə'rɛsk]
  • adj. 独特的;生动的;别致的;图画般的

助记提示


1、pict- + -ure + -sque.
2、-esce / -sce <=> -esque / -sque.

中文词源


picturesque 风景如画的

来自picture,图片,照片,-esque,形容词后缀。比喻用法。

英文词源


picturesque (adj.)
1703, on pattern of French pittoresque, a loan-word from Italian pittoresco, literally "pictorial" (1660s), from pittore "painter," from Latin pictorem (nominative pictor); see painter (n.1). As a noun from 1749. Related: Picturesquely; picturesqueness.

双语例句


1. a picturesque description of life at sea
对海上生活生动的描述

来自《权威词典》

2. You can see the picturesque shores beside the river.
在河边你可以看到景色如画的两岸.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. We came to a picturesque cottage.
我们来到一座风景如画的村落.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. That was a picturesque phrase.
那是一个形象化的说法.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Every inn had a picturesque name — the Black Locust Inn, the Blueberry Inn.
每个旅馆都有一个别致的名字,如“洋槐树旅馆”、“蓝莓旅馆”。

来自柯林斯例句

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