“depicted” 是动词 depict 的过去式/过去分词,常指“(用文字、绘画、电影等)描绘;刻画;表现”。也可引申为“把……描述成某种样子”。
/dɪˈpɪktɪd/
The mural depicted a peaceful village by the river.
这幅壁画描绘了一个河边宁静的村庄。
In the novel, the author depicted the city as both dazzling and cruel, revealing its contradictions.
在小说中,作者把这座城市刻画得既耀眼又残酷,揭示了它的矛盾性。
depict 来自拉丁语 depictus(“画出来的、描绘过的”),与 pingere(“绘画、着色”)相关;后来经由法语进入英语,逐渐扩展到“用语言或影像呈现”的意思。