| portray | (vt) วาดภาพ, Syn. draw, illustrate, sketch, picture, paint | | portray | (vt) พรรณนา, Syn. portray | | portray | (vt) แสดง, Syn. impersonate, act, imitate, characterize | | portrayal | (n) การวาดภาพคน, See also: การถ่ายภาพคน, ภาพวาดหรือภาพถ่ายของคน, Syn. portrayal, painting, sketch, drawing, photograph | | portray as | (phrv) พูดถึงบทบาทของ, See also: บรรยายบทบาทของ | | portray in | (phrv) อธิบายหรือแสดงบทของ...ใน... |
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| | portray | (พอร์เทร', โพร์เทร') vt. วาดภาพ, เขียนภาพ, ร่างภาพ, พรรณนาเป็นคำ, แสดง., See also: portrayable adj. portrayer n. | | portrayal | (พอร์เทร'เอิล, โพร์เทร'เอิล) n. การวาดภาพคน, การถ่ายภาพคน, ภาพวาดหรือภาพถ่ายของคน, การพรรณนาเป็นคำ, การแสดง (เป็นตัว, ..) |
| | portray | (vt) วาดภาพ, เขียนภาพ, พรรณนา, ร่างภาพ | | portrayal | (n) การวาดภาพ, การเขียนภาพคน, การพรรณนา |
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| | | | | | 描写 | [びょうしゃ, byousha] (n, vs) depiction; description; portrayal; (P) #3,580 [Add to Longdo] | | ネカマ | [nekama] (n) (sl) (from ネット and お釜) someone who plays (portrays themselves as) the opposite sex online (formed from netto and okama) [Add to Longdo] | | ロリコン;ロリ | [rorikon ; rori] (n) (1) (abbr) (See ロリータコンプレックス, 小児性愛者) Lolita complex (sexual attraction to children, esp. young girls); (adj-f) (2) portraying children in an erotic style [Add to Longdo] | | 写生 | [しゃせい, shasei] (n, vs) sketching; drawing from nature; portrayal; description; (P) [Add to Longdo] | | 性格描写 | [せいかくびょうしゃ, seikakubyousha] (n) character portrayal; characterization [Add to Longdo] | | 美人画 | [びじんが, bijinga] (n) Ukiyo-e portraying beautiful women [Add to Longdo] |
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Portray \Por*tray"\, v. t. [Written also {pourtray}.] [imp. & p.
p. {portrayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Portraying}.] [OE.
pourtraien, OF. portraire, pourtraire, F. portraire, fr. L.
protrahere, protractum, to draw or drag forth; pro forward,
forth + trahere to draw. See {Trace}, v. t., and cf.
{Protract}.]
1. To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on
horseback.
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Take a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray
upon it the city, even Jerusalem. --Ezek. iv. 1.
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2. Hence, figuratively, to describe in words.
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3. To adorn with pictures. [R.]
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Spear and helmets thronged, and shields
Various with boastful arguments potrayed. --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
portray
v 1: portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish
person"
2: make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the
Duchess of Alba" [syn: {portray}, {depict}, {limn}]
3: assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna";
"The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man" [syn:
{impersonate}, {portray}]
4: represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or
sculpture; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in
this painting" [syn: {portray}, {present}]
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