silhouette

[US]/ˌsɪlʊ'et/
[UK]/ˌsɪlu'ɛt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. mchoro
Word Forms
Third Person Singularsilhouettes
Pluralsilhouettes
Past Tensesilhouetted
Past Participlesilhouetted
Present Participlesilhouetting

Phrases & Collocations

dark silhouette

silhueta ya kijana

tree silhouette

silhueta ya mti

mountain silhouette

silhueta ya mlima

silhouette art

safarini ya silhueta

silhouette photography

fotografia ya silhueta

in silhouette

kwenye silhueta

Example Sentences

in silhouette (=on silhouette)

kwenye silhueti (=kwenye silhueti)

He drew the city in silhouette.

Alikua mji kwenye silhueti.

the castle was silhouetted against the sky.

ngome ilionekana dhidi ya anga.

The mountain was silhouetted against the sky.

Mlima ulikuwa na silhueti kati ya miguu.

We could see a church silhouetted against the skyline.

Tulikwama kwenye silhueti ya mlima.

he was silhouetted against the light of the stair window.

Alikuwa na silhueti kati ya nuru ya pumziko.

a figure silhouetted darkly against the trees.

moyo kwa silueta kwa mauti kati ya mizigo.

the ridge formed a stark silhouette against the sky.

mizani ilifanya silhueti ya mizani ya mawe.

saw the dark silhouette of the family waving farewell.

Tulikwama silhueti ya familia ya kuvurudia.

The most popular pantie silhouette in women's underwear is the bikini panty.

silhouette ya matoke ya mchovu ni mpopote kwa mwanamke.

I could see its black silhouette against the evening sky.

Nilikwama silhueti yake ya miguu kati ya miguu ya usiku.

Figures were silhouetted against the setting sun.

Mipango yalikuwa na silhueti kati ya jua la mchana.

The stark jagged rocks were silhouetted against the sky.

Mavu ya chafu yaliyojagga yalikuwa yasiliwetwa na miguu.

The SR-71's unusual silhouette caused workers at a U.S. base in Okinawa, Japan, to refer to the plane as the habu—a poisonous black snake indigenous to the island.

Silhouette ya SR-71 ya kusambaza wakati wa wafanyakazi katika mkoani wa U.S. katika Okinawa, Japan, kusambaza kwa habu - mnyama mchovu mkuu ya asili kwa mizigo.

The door of the comm center shot open, spilling yellow glare into the gloom and limning the silhouette of a man half collapsed against the frame.

Pothi ya sentra ya uunganisho ilifungua, kushuka nuru ya mizani kwenye miguu na kuzama silhueti ya mwanamme ambaye alikuwa na mshangao kati ya kipande.

Real-world Examples

The collection's silhouette was long and slim.

Silhouette ya mizani ilikuwa mchanga na mchanga.

Source: Financial Times Reading Selection

You're the silhouette right here by the nutritional facts.

Ukisiluba hapa kwa fakta za mafuta.

Source: Modern Family - Season 07

People were invited to help raking soldiers silhouette onto the beach.

Watu walikuwa wamekutana kwa kusaidia kusafiri mawasiliano ya jeshi kwenye mti.

Source: VOA Video Highlights

The bear is moving up slowly, using trees to help break up his silhouette.

Mnyama anapita kwa mwenyewe, kwa kutumia mizani ili kusaidia kumwisha silueti yake.

Source: Jurassic Fight Club

Rathbone cast a long silhouette. Who would be bold enough to don the deerstalker next?

Rathbone alifanya silueti mchanga. Kipi anaweza kusikiliza kusafiri na kusaidia kusafiri kwa mnyama mchanga.

Source: How to become Sherlock Holmes

Predators or prey looking up from below are deceived by this camoflauge, unable to see the creatures silhouette.

Mvulana au mnyama wanaoanza kusikiliza kutoka chini wanaondolewa na mafuta hii, hawajakwahia kusikiliza silueti ya makao.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

Anything before then, it's a cutout silhouette of a costume that's stuffed with padding.

Kwani kama kuna mafuta mchanga, hii ni silueti ya mafuta ya mafuta ambayo ina mafuta mchanga.

Source: Actor Dialogue (Bilingual Selection)

A person dancing, maybe doing extraordinary moves, but in silhouette.

Mtu anachangia, mafuta mchanga, lakini kwa silueti.

Source: How Steve Jobs Changed the World

Just your silhouette. I can tell you cut your hair short.

Silueti yako tu. Naweza kusikiliza kusikiliza kusikiliza kusikiliza kusikiliza.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 5

I looked at the door, and I could swear that I saw Nelson silhouette over there.

Nimekutana na mti, na nimekutana kusikiliza kusikiliza Nelson silueti huko.

Source: 1000 episodes of English stories (continuously updated)

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