June 20, 2008

Silhouette








silhouette

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silu/E/t

n. (名詞 noun)[C]

          1.    (淺色背景上的)黑色輪廓像;(用黑紙剪成的)側面影像;剪影
          2.    輪廓

vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)

          1.    把...畫成側面影像
          2.    使現出輪廓[(+on/against)]
                      There was a line of bald trees silhouetted against the horizon.
                      在地平線上現出一排光禿禿的樹。

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–noun 
1. a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, esp. a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a famous person's face. 
2. the outline or general shape of something: 

the slim silhouette of a [skyscraper].
  

3. a dark image outlined against a lighter background.  

–verb (used with object)
4. to show in or as if in a silhouette. 
5. Printing. to remove the background details from (a halftone cut) so as to produce an outline effect.  


bar-burn In the classic tradition of mid-century-modern films about crimes and cons gone horribly wrong, the poster for the Coen brothers’ Burn After Reading recalls the stark silhouettes and blocky font of Saul Bass –  paper-doll cutouts isolated under jagged lettering, like a ransom note chiseled (鑿刻) out of the primary colors of primal urges.


see roulette ransom








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