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TOEFL BNC: 3054 COCA: 2655

portrait

portrait /ˈpoɚtrət/ noun
plural portraits
portrait
/ˈpoɚtrət/
noun
plural portraits
Learner's definition of PORTRAIT
[count] : a painting, drawing, or photograph of a person that usually only includes the person's head and shoulders肖像;半身画像;半身照片
see also self-portrait
[count] : a detailed description of something or someone详细描述
[noncount] : a way of printing a page so that the shorter sides are on the top and bottom and the longer sides are on the left and right(文件的)纵向打印格式 compare landscape
TOEFL BNC: 3054 COCA: 2655

portrait

1 of 2

noun

por·​trait ˈpȯr-trət How to pronounce portrait (audio)
-ˌtrāt
1
: picture
especially : a pictorial representation of a person usually showing the face
2
: a sculptured figure : bust
3
: a graphic portrayal in words

portrait

2 of 2

adjective

: of, relating to, or being a rectangular document having the vertical dimension longer than the horizontal dimension
switching from landscape to portrait mode
compare landscape sense 3

Example Sentences

Noun The queen posed for her portrait. The book presents a portrait of life in a small town.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Obama joked that McCurdy would not even reduce the size of his ears for the portrait. Richard Galant, CNN, 11 Sep. 2022 Philip and Elizabeth pose for a portrait with six-month-old Charles. Staff Author Published, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2022 Rolf Tietgens portrait of Patricia Highsmith in 1942. Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022 John Howard Sanden's official White House portrait of President George W. Bush. CBS News, 2 Sep. 2022 Oksana Omel embraces her mother Nina Borkovska for a portrait on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022 Roach charges around $350 for a small portrait of a single pet. Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022 This family portrait by the great 17th-century Dutch painter Frans Hals (1582/1583–1666) all but cries out for a 21st-century caption. Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2022 Oh, and of course, a portrait of the band on the wall. Dana Givens, Robb Report, 26 July 2022
Adjective
The small park behind Tahrir Square has been divided by tents, one of which has become a steadily expanding portrait gallery with photographs of those who have been killed by the security forces. Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2020 Yet for all the darkness, there’s a welcome and important dose of levity too, from a hilarious video of a beauty products fair by María Luisa Bemberg to Regina Vater’s playful, costumed self-portrait photographs. New York Times, 4 July 2018 Arneson sets the tone through a ceramic self-portrait head from 1973, wall-mounted near the entry. Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 3 July 2018 In portrait orientation, the left side of the bottom bar only has space for about three to four app icons. Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, 23 June 2018 And even though the demand for photographers in traditional media has declined, there’s still a high-demand for commercial and portrait photographers. Jenny Knizner, USA TODAY, 4 June 2018 Dorothea Tanning’s self-portrait Birthday (1942) shows her bare-breasted, standing with a small winged monster with her back to a house full of open doors. Thomas Hine, Philly.com, 12 Apr. 2018 The heads presage a self-portrait print from 1990, displayed nearby, as well as the soft fabric figurative sculptures that Bourgeois took up in the late ’90s. Roberta Smith, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2017 Portrait sessions for families whose memories were stolen by the wind. Southern Living, 1 May 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle French, from past participle of portraire

First Known Use

Noun

1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1975, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of portrait was in 1570
TOEFL BNC: 3054 COCA: 2655
portrait

noun¹

1a painting or photograph繪畫或照片ADJECTIVE | VERB + PORTRAIT | PORTRAIT + VERB | PORTRAIT + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEfull-length, half-length全身/半身畫像oil, pastel, etc.油畫、蠟筆等畫像photographic人像照片equestrian, family, group, royal騎士畫像;全家福;群像;王室成員畫像VERB + PORTRAITdo, draw, paint畫肖像sit for擺好姿勢讓人畫像commission委託畫像write描繪display, exhibit, show展示/展出畫像PORTRAIT + VERBhang畫像懸掛Ancient family portraits hung on the walls of the staircase.樓梯的牆上懸掛着古老的家族畫像。PORTRAIT + NOUNgallery肖像館artist, painter, photographer肖像藝術家/畫家/攝影師a fashionable portrait painter時尚的肖像畫家bust半身肖像PREPOSITIONportrait by, portrait of⋯畫的畫像;⋯的畫像a portrait of the writer by Picasso畢加索畫的作者畫像 note at art
portrait

noun²

2detailed description描繪;描寫ADJECTIVE | VERB + PORTRAIT ADJECTIVEintimate親密的描寫vivid生動的描繪The novel provides a vivid portrait of the Holberg family.該小說生動地描寫了霍爾伯格一家人。pen (especially BrE) (真人或真事的)特寫The letters contained many deft pen portraits of his colleagues.信件中包含有許多他對同事們筆法細膩的描繪。VERB + PORTRAITcreate, draw創作/繪製肖像The book drew a stark portrait of Quebec's urban poor.該書勾勒出一幅魁北克城市中窮人的淒涼景象。offer, present提供/贈送肖像

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