photoshop
/ˈfəʊ.təʊ.ʃɒp/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfoʊ.t̬oʊ.ʃɑːp/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfəʊtəʊʃɒp/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfəʊtəʊʃɑːp/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfō-(ˌ)tō-ˌshäp/ (ame, mw)
photoshop — noun
1. Adobe's name for its program for editing digital pictures.
Adobe's name for its program for editing digital pictures.
The art club bought Photoshop for the new computer room.
use Photoshop as software name
On Dad's laptop, Photoshop opens more slowly than the music app.
Nina learned basic color fixes in Photoshop after school.
The magazine designer uses Photoshop to clean dust from old photos.
Photoshop crashed while Omar was saving the wedding pictures.
- image editor
a broader term for any program used to change pictures
- photo editor
an everyday general term, not one specific brand
- editing software
the widest label; it can include non-photo tools too
文法句型
use Photoshop
open Photoshop
edit a picture in Photoshop
用法筆記
Used as the product name of Adobe's software. In casual speech, some people use it loosely for image-editing software in general, but this sense names the program itself.
常見錯誤
photoshop — verb
1. to change a photo on a computer, often with Photoshop, sometimes so the result l
to change a photo on a computer, often with Photoshop, sometimes so the result looks unreal.
The campaign team photoshopped the gray sky to bright blue.
photoshop + object + to new appearance
Someone had photoshopped extra muscles onto the actor's arms.
By noon, the class photo was photoshopped, with closed eyes fixed.
The fan page photoshopped the singer to look thinner on the concert poster.
Evan photoshopped his ex-boyfriend out of the beach picture.
- edit
the broad everyday word for changing an image
- retouch
usually suggests small improving changes
- airbrush
often suggests making skin or bodies look unrealistically smooth
- manipulate
stronger and more negative, often about misleading changes
文法句型
photoshop a picture
photoshop somebody out of a photo
be photoshopped
用法筆記
Often written in lower case when used as an everyday verb. In neutral use, it can mean ordinary image editing; in criticism, it often suggests changing a photo so people or things look different from reality.