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portray 音标拼音: [pɔrtr'e] vt. 描绘,描写,描写…的肖像,逼真地描写 描绘,描写,描写…的肖像,逼真地描写 portray v 1: portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person" 2: make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba" [synonym: {portray}, {depict}, {limn}] 3: assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man" [synonym: {impersonate}, {portray}] 4: represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting" [synonym: {portray}, {present}] Portray \Por*tray"\, v. t. [Written also {pourtray}.] [imp. & p. p. {portrayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Portraying}.] [OE. pourtraien, OF. portraire, pourtraire, F. portraire, fr. L. protrahere, protractum, to draw or drag forth; pro forward, forth trahere to draw. See {Trace}, v. t., and cf. {Protract}.] 1. To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback. [1913 Webster] Take a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem. --Ezek. iv. 1. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, figuratively, to describe in words. [1913 Webster] 3. To adorn with pictures. [R.] [1913 Webster] Spear and helmets thronged, and shields Various with boastful arguments potrayed. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 74 Moby Thesaurus words for "portray":
act a part, act out, bring to life, cartoon, catch a likeness, chalk, character, characterize, charcoal, chart, color, copy, crayon, create a role, crosshatch, dash off, daub, delineate, depict, describe, design, diagram, doodle, draft, draw, duplicate, enact, evoke, express, give words to, hatch, hit off, image, impersonate, interpret, limn, map, notate, outline, paint, paint a picture, pencil, personate, photograph, picture, picturize, play a part, play a role, play opposite, pose as, print, register, render, represent, reproduce, rub, schematize, scratch, scumble, set forth, shade, show, sketch, stencil, support, sustain a part, symbolize, take a part, take a rubbing, tint, trace, trace out, trace over, write
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