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- the dark shape and outline of someone or something visible against a lighter background, especially in dim light（尤指在暗淡光线中浅色背景下的）黑色轮廓像; 剪影。
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- a representation of someone or something showing the shape and outline only, typically coloured in solid black轮廓。
with obj.(一般作be silhouetted)
- cast or show (someone or something) as a dark shape and outline against a lighter background把…画成黑色轮廓像; 使现出影像（或轮廓）：
the castle was silhouetted against the sky.
天空映衬出城堡的轮廓。
短语
in silhouette
- seen or placed as a silhouette呈轮廓状; 成剪影。
词源
late 18th cent.: named (although the reason remains obscure) after étienne de Silhouette （1709-67）， French author and politician.