silhouette
silhouette
[ˌsɪlʊˈɛt]
noun
in silhouette
[ˌsɪlʊˈɛt]
noun
- the dark shape and outline of someone or something visible against a lighter background, especially in dim light
（尤指在暗淡光线中浅色背景下的）黑色轮廓像；剪影
■a representation of someone or something showing the shape and outline only, typically coloured in solid black
轮廓
- [with obj.](一般作be silhouetted)cast or show (someone or something) as a dark shape and outline against a lighter background
把…画成黑色轮廓像；使现出影像（或轮廓）
the castle was silhouetted against the sky.
天空映衬出城堡的轮廓。
in silhouette
- seen or placed as a silhouette
呈轮廓状；成剪影
- late 18th cent.: named (although the reason remains obscure) after étienne de Silhouette (1709–67), French author and politician
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