picture 的用法及固定搭配

picture

1.the pictures统指“电影”,比较下面两句:

  • He likes pictures.(他喜欢图画。)
  • He likes the pictures.(他喜欢电影。)

有时也指“电影院”。例如:It was very stuffy in the pictures.

2.a long picture是“一部长影片”,a short picture是“一部短影片”。

3.picture有时用作“照片”解。参见photograph

4.He looks the picture of health(他看来像健康的化身,他样子非常康健),He hung his head, the picture of misery(他垂着头,有一副很苦恼的样子)等句子里在picture前通常用the,很少用a。