silhouette
轮廓
definition
verb
the castle was silhouetted against the sky
cast or show (someone or something) as a dark shape and outline against a lighter background.
noun
The design of their silhouettes against the light background with full windows is reminiscent of a Japanese screen.
the dark shape and outline of someone or something visible against a lighter background, especially in dim light.
translation of 'silhouette'
verb
轮廓
noun
侧影,
轮廓,
黑色轮廓,
黑色半身侧面,
画侧像
example
Sugiura often uses the photogram as a paper negative to print a positive, in which the subject becomes a black 'silhouette' .
In one painting enigmatically titled Hoovering, there appears to be a black 'silhouette' of a rabbit.
Tim was just starting to cross the grounds, the dark 'silhouette' of the school outlined in the moonlight, when a gasping voice whispered in the shadows.
I saw some footage of the dark 'silhouette' of New York city: just the outline in the night.
Participants indicate the silhouette that most closely resembles their perceived body shape, and the 'silhouette' which best represents their ideal figure.
As she looked over towards Erik, Maria could only make out his 'silhouette' in the dim light.
we can always use a 'silhouette' of Father Christmas
The new trick - the key to the work - is that Periton now underlays each black 'silhouette' with an exact replica made in a dayglo tone of pink, orange, green or red.
The dark 'silhouette' of an imposing dome, still covered with scaffolding, can be seen through a snowstorm.
On the screen was a white 'silhouette' against a black backdrop.
she paused to see its 'silhouette' against the dimming sky
There was a pale light inside and a shadow stood before the light, the 'silhouette' of a child.
‘You always manage to look beautiful,’ he complimented her, admiring her 'silhouette' in the dim light.
The path wound its way to a summit; the route being marked by a chain of cairns, on the highest of which a trident had been placed so that its 'silhouette' was visible from far below.
A 'silhouette' shadowed the light for a moment, and then a torch bracket in the wall was lit.
He was 'silhouetted' by the bright sky behind him and yet Pen felt as if she had just seen his face.
He anxiously glanced back over his shoulder and saw that the dark 'silhouettes' of countless stumbling figures were pouring into the car park after him.
Photographers made use of the pandanus to lend striking 'silhouettes' to black and white photographs of Reef twilight.
One lady said she decorated cards with black paper 'silhouettes' on CDs.
Walls were painted in earth tones, with 'silhouettes' in darker tones of masked dancers in performance.
A streak of lightning spiderwebbed across the sky above them, 'silhouetting' Samren's figure against the grey sky that was quickly turning black.
Like Guston, Komarin deploys a set of singular motifs and cartoonish 'silhouettes' that appear frequently in his works.
He squinted against the bright sun that 'silhouetted' the figure of the ship.
The focus is certainly on subtlety, with easy simple shapes, and feminine 'silhouettes' forming most of the collection.
A tiny black dot is 'silhouetted' against the massive bright disc that is the sun, moving slowly across the bottom.
The fledgling flung himself in, clothes and all, and Arun wished he had brought bait and line as he saw the dark 'silhouettes' of trout duck away into the shadows.
The ad has little black Victorian 'silhouettes' and a pineapple as its logo.
As I was laying there on the cool grass, looking up at the starlit and crescent moon sky and dark 'silhouettes' of roses, I felt more at peace than I had in awhile.
They dive down deep and look for prey that appear as dark 'silhouettes' against the brighter underside of the ice.
Out of our windows west across SoHo there is a gorgeous sunset 'silhouetting' the water towers.
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