picturesque
英 [ˌpɪktʃəˈresk] 美 [ˌpɪktʃəˈrɛsk]

adj.

美丽的；别致的；生动的；奇特的，独创的

双语释义

adj.(形容词)

1. 美丽的，有趣的，风景如画的 pretty or interesting enough to be made into a picture
2. 生动的；活泼的vivid;lively

英英释义

picturesque[ ,piktʃə'resk ]

• adj.
  • suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture

    "a picturesque village"

  • strikingly expressive

    "a picturesque description of the rainforest"

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

• picturesque old village风景如画的老村子
• picturesque way of speaking生动的讲法

词组短语

picturesque scenery山清水秀；景色如画

同近义词辨析

picturesque, lively, vivid, pictorial

这组词都有“生动的”的意思，其区别是：

picturesque既指景色、人物等犹如图画般美丽，又可指文艺作品的风格绚丽多彩，尤指一种原始粗犷的美。

lively普通用词，与vivid可通用。

vivid普通用词，侧重有强烈的实际感或逼真感，使人富于想象或留下深刻的印象。

pictorial强调产生或制造生动的效果。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. The place is remarkable for its picturesque scenery.
   这个地方以它的如画的景色著称。
2. The castle stands in a picturesque setting surrounded by hills.
   这座城堡四周环山，风景如画。
3. The stable yard fraternity is seldom short of the picturesque word.
   稳定的庭院兄弟会很少缺生动的词汇。
4. The picturesque comet is already becoming a favored target for northern sky imagers.
   这颗生动的彗星已经成为北天天文摄影者的最爱。
5. I was impressed by the picturesque style of architecture.
   那别具一格的建筑风格给我留下了深刻的印象。

权威例句

The picturesque garden in Europe
The Picturesque: Studies in a Point of View
Visual planning and the picturesque: Nikolaus Pevsner
The Urban Picturesque: An Aesthetic Experience of Urban Pedestrian Places
Gardens and the Picturesque: Studies in the History of Landscape Architecture
Picturesque New Bird Park Nears Opening; Phase One of Two Is Almost Finished and Ready for Guests
The politics of the picturesque : literature, landscape and aesthetics since 1770
The Beautiful, The Sublime, & The Picturesque in Eighteenth-Century British Aesthetic Theory
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