喜樂美語
  1. 1圖像的、圖畫的

    Pictorial means using pictures, or having to do with pictures — paintings, drawings, or photos. A pictorial history of a town is a history told with lots of pictures, not only with words. A pictorial style in a magazine means the pages are full of photos. It is a describing word, a bit ; in everyday talk people often just say “with pictures” or “photo.” Though actually there is a thinner noun use too: a pictorial can mean a magazine or book that is mostly pictures, but that sounds rather old now. It does not mean “pretty as a photo” — that is closer to picture-perfect — and it does not mean you painted it yourself.

From the word’s history

From Latin pictōrius 'of painting' + -al, from pictor 'painter'.

拉丁文 pictōrius「繪畫的」加 -al，來自 pictor「畫家」。

Wiktionary

組成From Latin pictorius, “of painting,” from pictor, “painter,” plus English -al (“of / relating to”).

同家族的字

  • painterfrom Latin pictor, painter
  • picturesame Latin pict- family as pictor: a painted or drawn image

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

pictorialadj/pɪkˈtɔɹi.əl/

  • 1

    Of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures.

  • 2

    Described or otherwise represented as if in a picture; graphic or vivid.

    • Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.
  • 3

    Stylistically similar to a painting, especially following the conventions of pictorialism.

pictorialnoun/pɪkˈtɔɹi.əl/

  • 1

    A newspaper or magazine with many pictures, or section thereof.

    • Sunday Pictorial
  • 2

    An article primarily featuring many photographs, or simply a collection of photographs.

    • The budding starlet is featured in a pictorial in a glossy magazine next week.
  • 3

    hobbieslifestylephilatelyA stamp featuring a vignette of local scenery or culture.

    • beautiful Pictorials, topicals, commemoratives, airmails. Introductory selection 40% discount. Ralph Rice, 15 Longlane, West Hartford 7, Conn.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。