喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture a framed painting or photo of one person, zoomed in on the face — the whole point is to capture what this individual looks like. And because a head-and-shoulders shot is taller than it is wide, such pictures naturally stand upright, which is where the 'tall page' meaning comes from.

可以想成一幅裱框的人物畫，或一張對準臉的大頭照，重點就是把「這個人長什麼樣、是什麼樣的人」留下來。也因為畫一個人多半…更多收起可以想成一幅裱框的人物畫，或一張對準臉的大頭照，重點就是把「這個人長什麼樣、是什麼樣的人」留下來。也因為畫一個人多半是頭到肩、上下比左右長，這種畫面天生就是直立的——後來的「直式版面」意思就是從這裡借來的。

From the picture

直式方向

這一支從「人物肖像的形狀」長出來：肖像多半上下長、左右窄，人們就借用 portrait 來指任何「直的、站著的」版面方向，跟橫放的 landscape 相對。

portrait orientation · adjective · B2

Describing a page, photo, or screen that is taller than it is wide, standing up with the short edges at the top and bottom.

直式 / 縱向

Also in this word

picture of a person · noun · B2

A painting, drawing, or photograph of a person, usually showing the face.

肖像 / 畫像

vivid description · noun · B2

A description in words, film, or music that shows what a person, place, or way of life is really like.

描繪 / 寫照

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。

portraitnoun/ˈpɔːtɹeɪt/

  • 1

    A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.

    • In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature.
  • 2

    An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.

    • The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book.
    • She showed me her portrait, written by herself. I only remember what she states of her mouth, which, she says, was not only beautiful and red, but had a thousand little natural airs and graces not to be found in any other mouth. Oh, I must not forget her figure, which, she assured the reader, was the best-made and the finest that could be seen: nothing could be more regular, more graceful, or more easy.
  • 3

    computingengineeringmathematicsA print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.

portraitverb/ˈpɔːtɹeɪt/

  • 1

    obsoleteTo portray; to draw.

    • But all as in most exquisite pictures, they vse to blaze and portrait, not only the daintie lineaments or beautie, but also round about it to shadowe the rude thickets and craggy clifts
    • Methinkes yᵉ picture of Sᵗ George fighting with yᵉ Dragon hath some resemblance of Sᵗ Michael fighting with the Devil, who is pourtrated like a Dragon.

portraitadj/ˈpɔːtɹeɪt/

  • 1

    Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal.

    • a portrait bust; a portrait statue

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。