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Picturesque Place Describe Scene View Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Picturesquely

英语单词 picturesque
英美音标 英 [ˌpɪktʃə'resk] 美 [ˌpɪktʃə'resk]
中文释义 adj.如画的;生动的;奇特的
英语例句 (1) The place is remarkable for its picturesque scenery.
(2) The castle stands in a picturesque setting surrounded by hills.
(3) The stable yard fraternity is seldom short of the picturesque word.
(4) The picturesque comet is already becoming a favored target for northern sky imagers.
中文例句 (1) 这个地方以它的如画的景色著称。
(2) 这座城堡四周环山,风景如画。
(3) 稳定的庭院兄弟会很少缺生动的词汇。
(4) 这颗生动的彗星已经成为北天天文摄影者的最爱。
vocabulary简明 You could describe a particularly pretty scene as picturesque. But save it up for a view that's so gorgeous you'd love to have it framed on the wall as a painting.
vocabulary扩展 Picturesque is an adjective used to describe something with strikingly pleasing or vivid qualities — a scene so picture-perfect that you feel an impulse to reach for your camera or double check to make sure it's real. A view of the pristine shoreline on a summer’s day, a grandfather and grandson reading a book together, or a charming old farm cottage could all be called picturesque.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]风景如画的;有自然美景的 A picturesque place is attractive and interesting, and has no ugly modern buildings.
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  • Alte, in the hills northwest of Loule, is the Algarve's most picturesque village.

    位于洛莱西北部山区的阿尔特,是阿尔加维风景最美丽的村庄。

  • You can refer to picturesque things as the picturesque .如画的事物
    • ...lovers of the picturesque.

      热爱如画美景的人

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  • ...the shanty-towns perched picturesquely on the hillsides.

    山坡上错落有致的棚户区

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](词语或表达)别致的,生动的,富有诗意的 Picturesque words and expressions are unusual or poetic.
  • 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”。

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  • The historian Yakut described it picturesquely as a 'mother of castles'.

    历史学家雅库特把它形象地描述为“城堡之母”。

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