1703, on pattern of French pittoresque, a loan-word from Italian pittoresco, literally "pictorial" (1660s), from pittore "painter," from Latin pictorem (nominative pictor); see painter (n.1). As a noun from 1749. Related: Picturesquely; picturesqueness.
实用例句
1. a picturesque description of life at sea
对海上生活生动的描述
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2. You can see the picturesque shores beside the river.
在河边你可以看到景色如画的两岸.
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3. We came to a picturesque cottage.
我们来到一座风景如画的村落.
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4. That was a picturesque phrase.
那是一个形象化的说法.
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5. Every inn had a picturesque name — the Black Locust Inn, the Blueberry Inn.
