pictorial

vivid, lively, pictorial, picturesque

名词 pictorial:

1. a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures

形容词 pictorial:

1. pertaining to or consisting of pictures
   同义词：pictural
2. evoking lifelike images within the mind
   同义词：graphic, lifelike, vivid

1. A pictorial representation of numerical data or relationships, especially a graph, but having each value represented by a proportional number of pictures.
   统计图表，象形图用图画表现数字的信息或关系，尤指图表，但用有比例的一定数字的图画来代表每种价值
2. The pretty girl on the cover of the pictorial is just a sales gimmick.
   画报的封面上印上美女不过是吸引顾客的一种生意眼。
3. A literary, dramatic, or pictorial device in which characters and events stand for abstract ideas, principles, or forces, so that the literal sense has or suggests a parallel, deeper symbolic sense.
   寓言，讽喻一种文学、戏剧或绘画的艺术手法，其中人物和事件代表抽象的观点、原则或支配力，从而使表面含义含有或表达一种对等的，但更深刻的象征意义
4. We have watched the pictorial record of the event.
   我们已观看了这一事件的图片记录。

pic.to.ri.al

adj.（形容词）
Relating to, characterized by, or composed of pictures.
画的：有关画的、以画微特点的或组成画的
Represented as if in a picture:
有插图的：好象在画中表示的：
例句：
pictorial prose.
有插图的散文

Illustrated by pictures:
用图说明的：
例句：
a pictorial history.
图示的历史

n.（名词）
An illustrated periodical.
画报，画刊：有插图的杂志

来源：
From Latin pictôrius
源自 拉丁语 pictôrius
from pictor [painter] * see Pictor
源自 pictor [画家] *参见 Pictor

【引伸】
picto.rial.ity
picto.rially
adv.（副词）