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silhouette n.影子；轮廓；侧影v.使某物现出轮廓或呈黑色轮廓像 (1) 她只看到那把枪的影子。(2) 他看到了那幢建筑的轮廓。(3) 蓝天衬映着教堂的轮廓。(4) 画家用线条勾画出了一个女孩的侧影。 A silhouette, pronounced "sil-ooh-ET," can be mysterious. After all, you can only see the shape of the person or object. So, it's fitting that the word's origin is a little mysterious, too. It was coined for Etienne de Silhouette, a French finance minister. One theory is that Silhouette decorated his chateau with the kind of dark outline drawings that now bear his name.

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英 [ˌsɪlu'et] 美 [ˌsɪlu'et] (1) All she saw was a silhouette of a gun.(2) He saw the building in silhouette.(3) The church stood out in silhouette against a blue sky.(4) The painter lined the silhouette of a girl. A silhouette is dark shadow, like a silhouette of a person standing under a street lamp, or a drawing that shows only the shape of an object. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词](浅色或强光背景下衬托出的)暗色轮廓，影像，剪影 A silhouette is the solid dark shape that you see when someone or something has a bright light or pale background behind them. The dark silhouette of the castle ruins stood out boldly against the fading light.城堡遗迹的黑色轮廓在暮色映衬下清晰可见。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]形状；外形；轮廓 The silhouette of something is the outline that it has, which often helps you to recognize it. ...the distinctive silhouette of his ears...他耳朵的奇特形状The shirt's ideal worn loose over leggings or tuck it in for a streamlined silhouette.这件衬衫最好是松松垮垮地穿在紧身裤外面，或者是塞进裤子里以显出苗条的身材。3[PHRASE 短语]呈侧面影像；呈黑色轮廓像 If you see something in silhouette, you see it as a dark shape with no detail except for the outline. Even from behind in silhouette, Billy recognized the figure.即便看到的只是背影的轮廓，比利还是认出了那个人影。

英语单词	silhouette
英美音标	英 [ˌsɪlu'et] 美 [ˌsɪlu'et]
中文释义	n.影子；轮廓；侧影 v.使某物现出轮廓或呈黑色轮廓像
英语例句	(1) All she saw was a silhouette of a gun. (2) He saw the building in silhouette. (3) The church stood out in silhouette against a blue sky. (4) The painter lined the silhouette of a girl.
中文例句	(1) 她只看到那把枪的影子。 (2) 他看到了那幢建筑的轮廓。 (3) 蓝天衬映着教堂的轮廓。 (4) 画家用线条勾画出了一个女孩的侧影。
vocabulary简明	A silhouette is dark shadow, like a silhouette of a person standing under a street lamp, or a drawing that shows only the shape of an object.
vocabulary扩展	A silhouette, pronounced "sil-ooh-ET," can be mysterious. After all, you can only see the shape of the person or object. So, it's fitting that the word's origin is a little mysterious, too. It was coined for Etienne de Silhouette, a French finance minister. One theory is that Silhouette decorated his chateau with the kind of dark outline drawings that now bear his name.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](浅色或强光背景下衬托出的)暗色轮廓，影像，剪影 A silhouette is the solid dark shape that you see when someone or something has a bright light or pale background behind them. The dark silhouette of the castle ruins stood out boldly against the fading light. 城堡遗迹的黑色轮廓在暮色映衬下清晰可见。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]形状；外形；轮廓 The silhouette of something is the outline that it has, which often helps you to recognize it. ...the distinctive silhouette of his ears... 他耳朵的奇特形状 The shirt's ideal worn loose over leggings or tuck it in for a streamlined silhouette. 这件衬衫最好是松松垮垮地穿在紧身裤外面，或者是塞进裤子里以显出苗条的身材。 3 [PHRASE 短语]呈侧面影像；呈黑色轮廓像 If you see something in silhouette, you see it as a dark shape with no detail except for the outline. Even from behind in silhouette, Billy recognized the figure. 即便看到的只是背影的轮廓，比利还是认出了那个人影。

Silhouette Dark Shape Stood Person Object Outline N Count