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晕映画,蔓藤花样;小文品

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Vignette \Vi*gnette"\ (?; 277), n. [F. vignette, fr. vigne a
   vine. See {Vine}, and cf. {Vinette}.]
   1. (Arch.) A running ornament consisting of leaves and
      tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.

   2. A decorative design, originally representing vine branches
      or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or
      printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by
      extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as
      such pictures are often without a definite bounding line,
      any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like,
      which vanishes gradually at the edge.

Vignette \Vi*gnette"\, v. t.
   To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or
   edge insensibly fading away.

Vignette \Vi*gnette"\, n.
   A picture, illustration, or depiction in words, esp. one of a
   small or dainty kind.

资料来源 : WordNet®

vignette
     n 1: a brief literary description [syn: {sketch}]
     2: a photograph whose edges shade off gradually
     3: a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the
        beginning of chapters in books)