silhouette
意味
- 影絵,シルエット(特に,黒く塗りつぶした人の横顔の絵)
- (明るい背景に浮かぶ)黒い輪郭,影法師
- (一般に)輪郭,全体の姿
- 《受動態で》(…を背景に)…の影(シルエット)を見せる《+against+名》
例文
A silhouette of a girl appeared on the curtain.
カーテンに女の子の影が映った。
I like the silhouette these clothes give me.
この服のシルエットが気に入ってるの。
Fires for luring fish at night flicker on the silhouette of an island.
漁火が島影に瞬く。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The noun is a unadapted borrowing from French silhouette, from the surname of Étienne de Silhouette (1709–1767), France’s Controller-General of Finances. It has been suggested that the word refers to one or more of the following: * De Silhouette’s penny-pinching policies which led to the French term à la Silhouette, applied to things perceived as austere or cheap, akin to an outline filled only with black. * The fact that de Silhouette only held the office of Controller-General of Finances for about eight months from 4 March to 21 November 1759. * De Silhouette’s outline portraits which he made to decorate his château at Bry-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne.