silhouette
An artistic depiction, often of a person's profile, in the form of an outline without…An artistic depiction, often of a person's profile, in the form of an outline without any other visual details, similar to a shadow, made by cutting a piece of black paper, filling in an outline with a solid colour (usually black), etc.
» They were silhouettes on the horizon.
Es waren Silhouetten am Horizont.
На горизонте виднелись силуэты.
Значение
значений: 4An artistic depiction, often of a person's profile, in the form of an outline without any other visual details, similar to a shadow, made by cutting a piece of black paper, filling in an outline with a solid colour (usually black), etc.
Silhouette, Schattenriss
силуэ́тsiluét
силуе́тsyluét
(шире)A dark outline of someone or something seen against a brighter background.
I could see a silhouette of a figure looking out from the window, but I couldn’t tell if it was a man or a woman.
(шире)An outline of a garment as it appears on a wearer.
A-line is a classic silhouette for dresses and skirts.
(переносно)A brief written description of someone or something; an outline, a sketch.
- a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color
- an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)
Примеры
предложений: 44They were silhouettes on the horizon.
На горизонте виднелись силуэты. — marafon
deEs waren Silhouetten am Horizont. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
A silhouette loomed in the window.
В окне маячил чей-то силуэт. — marafon
I saw the silhouette of a man.
Я видел силуэт мужчины. — Aleksander
I like the silhouette these clothes give me.
Мне нравится силуэт, который создаётся у меня этой одеждой. — Hellerick
deIch mag die Silhouette, die mir diese Kleidung verleiht. — cumori
The outline is indistinct, but it looks like the silhouette of a man.
Очертания неясные, но похоже на силуэт человека. — nina99nv
Переводы
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Происхождение
The noun is a unadapted borrowing from French silhouette, from the surname of Étienne de SThe 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:
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