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。