Word familyadjectivepicturalnounpicture bookpicture cardPicturephonepicture postcardpicture windowpicture
ˌpicture ˈpostcard noun [countableC]
a postcard with a photograph or picture on it 照片[图画]明信片
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picture postcard• She had not even sent me a picture postcard.• For Katherine the landscape bore none of the familiarity of a picture postcard.• It was too perfect; a picture postcard blown up to the scale of real life.• It's a picture postcard brought to life.
ˈpicture-postcardadjectiveadj [only before noun]
BEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKINGa picture-postcard place is very pretty 〔地方〕景色非常优美的
picture-postcard villages
风景如画的村庄
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picture-postcard• a picture-postcard view of the Pacific• It was very pretty, in a picture-postcard way.