
好词典

源自中古英语 'picturen',来自拉丁语 'pictura'(绘画),与 'pingere'(绘画)相关。
❶ 在脑海中形成或想象某个画面或场景,通常指通过视觉化的方式思考或回忆某事物。
“I kept picturing her smile when she heard the good news.”
(我一直在想象她听到好消息时的笑容。)
“He had trouble picturing himself living in a big city.”
(他很难想象自己生活在大城市的样子。)
❶ 用图片或照片来表现或记录某事物,使其可视化。
“The artist is picturing the landscape with watercolors.”
(艺术家正在用水彩画描绘这片风景。)
“The documentary does an excellent job of picturing life in the 1920s.”
(这部纪录片出色地展现了20世纪20年代的生活画面。)
picturing someone/something — 指在脑海中形成某人或某物的形象,常用于描述回忆或想象的情景。
“I can't stop picturing us on that vacation in Hawaii last summer.”
(我忍不住一直想象去年夏天我们在夏威夷度假的情景。)
hard to picture — 表示难以想象或理解某事物,通常用于表达对某种情况的不确定性或困惑。
“It's hard to picture him as a strict teacher when he's always so friendly.”
(当他总是这么友好时,很难想象他是个严厉的老师。)