English主要词典
depict
Universal Words
(rather formal)
1 to show an image of sb/sth in a picture:
[VN] a painting depicting the Virgin and Child * [VN-ing] The artist had depicted her lying naked on a bed.
2 [VN] to describe sth in words, or give an impression of sth in words or with a picture:
The novel depicts French society in the 1930s. * The advertisements depict smoking as glamorous and attractive.
depiction noun [U,C]:
They object to the movie's depiction of gay people.
