silhouette

silhouette 指只显出整体轮廓、内部细节被隐藏的黑色或暗色形象，也可指服装穿在身上的外轮廓；作动词时表示把某物映成这种轮廓。

💡 记忆钩子

想象一个人站在明亮窗前：你看不清脸，只看见一整块黑色外形，这就是 silhouette。这个“只见轮廓、不见细节”的核心概念，延伸到服装时就是衣服穿在身上呈现出的整体线条，作动词时则是“把某物映成这样的轮廓”。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“逆光下的黑色轮廓”这一核心义，再记服装外形义和动词义。
silhouette 不只是普通的“影子”；它强调清楚的外部轮廓，常常看不见内部细节。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 剪影；轮廓

📖 指只呈现物体外部形状、通常内部一片黑或很暗的形象。逆光看窗边的人时，虽然看不清脸和衣服细节，却能认出一个人的整体轮廓，这就是 silhouette。

💡 常用句型是“see a silhouette of + 人或物”或“the silhouette of + 人或物 + against + 背景”。它强调轮廓清楚而细节隐藏，常用于逆光、摄影、绘画和故事描写；不要只在“影子”完全落到地面时使用它。

I could see a silhouette of someone standing by the window.

我能看见一个人站在窗边的剪影。

The mountain's silhouette stood out against the evening sky.

山的轮廓在傍晚的天空映衬下格外醒目。
common 服装外形；廓形

📖 在时装语境中，silhouette 指衣服穿在身上后形成的整体外轮廓，也就是远看时呈现出的线条和形状，而不是衣服的颜色或面料细节。

💡 常用句型是“a + 形容词 + silhouette”或“the silhouette of a dress/skirt”。这是时装和生活方式语境中的常见术语，通常描述整体设计；不要把它简单理解成某一件衣服的平面图案。

This jacket creates a clean, narrow silhouette.

这件夹克穿上后呈现出利落、修长的廓形。

silhouettes plural

verb

core 使成剪影；映出轮廓

📖 指把某人或某物置于明亮背景前，或以艺术方式处理，使它只显出外部轮廓、内部细节变暗或消失。这个动词就是把名词 silhouette 所代表的形象“做出来”。

💡 常用句型是“silhouette + 对象 + against + 明亮背景”，例如表示把人物映在夕阳前。被动式“be silhouetted against + 背景”尤其常见；它不等于普通的“拍照”或“画出轮廓线”，而强调暗色剪影效果。

The setting sun silhouetted the trees against the orange sky.

落日把树木映成了橙色天空前的黑色轮廓。

She was silhouetted against the bright doorway.

她站在明亮的门口前，只显出一个黑色轮廓。

silhouettes present,singular,third-person silhouetting participle,present silhouetted participle,past silhouetted past

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 4 组

represent by a silhouette

同义词集: silhouette

上位: interpret, represent

project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette

同义词集: silhouette

上位: project

a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color

同义词集: silhouette

上位: drawing

an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)

同义词集: silhouette

上位: lineation, outline

🌳 词源

源自法语 silhouette，来自法国财政大臣埃蒂安·德·西卢埃特的姓氏；该姓氏最终与巴斯克语中表示“洞、穴”的词有关。

Proto-Basque *zuLo Basque zulo Basque Ziloetabor. ▲ Basque zulo Basque Zilhoetabor. French silhouetteubor. English silhouette The noun is a unadapted borrowing from French silhouette, from the surname of Étienne de Silhouette (1709–1767), France’s Controller-General of Finances. It has been suggested that the word refers to one or more of the following: * De Silhouette’s penny-pinching policies which led to the French term à la Silhouette, applied to things perceived as austere or cheap, akin to an outline filled only with black. * The fact that de Silhouette only held the office of Controller-General of Finances for about eight months from 4 March to 21 November 1759. * De Silhouette’s outline portraits which he made to decorate his château at Bry-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne. De Silhouette’s surname is a gallicized form of Basque Ziloeta or Zilhoeta (modern Basque Zulueta), from the local plural stem (see -ak) of zulo (“hole, pit; den, hiding place”), from Proto-Basque *zuLo (“hole”). The verb is derived from the noun.

🔄 变式

silhouetted past silhouettes plural silhouetting present

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