a brief evocative description, account, or episode (唤起联想的简短)描写,介绍,插曲
a small illustration or portrait photograph which fades into its background without a definite border 虚光照,晕映照 ■a small ornamental design filling a space in a book or carving, typically based on foliage (书或雕刻)蔓叶花饰;小花饰
verb
[with obj.]portray (someone) in the style of a vignette 为…摄制晕映照 ■produce (a photograph) in the style of a vignette by softening or shading away the edges of the subject 使(照片)晕映,把(照片)印放为虚光照
派生 vignettist noun 语源
late Middle English (in sense 2; also as an architectural term denoting a carved representation of a vine): from French, diminutive of vigne 'vine'