Portray

(verb.) portray in words; 'The book portrays the actor as a selfish person'.

(verb.) make a portrait of; 'Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba'.

(verb.) represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture; 'The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting'.

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• A chanting cherub adorned the cover of the sugar bucket, and attempts to portray Romeo and Juliet supplied kindling for some time. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Pericles was portrayed in a helmet; a helmet became him, and it is to be feared he knew as much. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• His books had portrayed the NEGRO, but how different had been the dull, dead print to this sleek thing of ebony, pulsing with life. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• In 1844 Thomas Hood wrote and published his famous Song of the Shirt, in which the drudgery of the needle is portrayed with pathetic fidelity. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.

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