一般情况下这个词的含义就表达为 图像 图画 印象, 一下内容摘自牛津英汉汉英词典:
picture |?p?kt?(r)|
A.noun
①(visual depiction)图画
to paint or draw a picture of [somebody]/[something]
绘制某人/某物的画像
family pictures
亲族画像
the book is almost all pictures and no text
这本书里几乎都是插图，没有文字
②Photography 照片
to take a picture of [something]/[somebody]
给某物/某人拍照
③Television 图像
④Cinema 电影
to make a picture
拍摄电影
it won several awards, including 'best picture'
它获得了好几个奖项，包括最佳影片奖
⑤(mental image)印象
to be the picture of health
显得非常健康
he's the picture of his fatherdated
他长得酷似他父亲
⑥figurative (description)描述
to give or present a vivid/accurate picture of [something]
生动/准确地描述某物
to paint or draw a bleak/gloomy/optimistic picture of [something]
把某物描绘得一片暗淡/惨淡/光明
⑦(overview)情形
that's only part of the picture
那只是部分情况
to get the picturecolloquial
明白
to be in the picture
了解情况
to put or keep [somebody] in the picture
让某人了解情况
⑧(beautiful sight)美景 (unusual sight)不寻常的景色
to be or look a picture
漂亮
her face was a picture!
她显得非常震惊！
B.pictures noun plural
① especially British (cinema show)
the pictures
电影院
to go to the pictures
去看电影
what's on at the pictures?
电影院在上映什么影片？
②(film industry)电影业
to be in the pictures
从事电影业
C.transitive verb
①(represent in picture)在照片上显示 ?person, scene, place?
②(form mental image of)想象 ?person, scene, situation?
③(describe)描写 ?person, series of events?