depict [dɪ'pɪkt] verb transitive ADVANCED ■to represent or show something in a picture or story 描绘,描述,描写•Her paintings depict the lives of ordinary people in the last century.她的油画反映了上个世纪普通人的生活。 •In the book, he depicts his father as a tyrant.在那本书里,他把自己的父亲描写成了一个暴君。 •[+ -ing verb] People were shocked by the advertisement which depicted a woman beating her husband.人们对那个女人殴打丈夫的广告感到非常震惊。 |