English Dictionary

black-and-white

形容詞

比喩的用法 慣用表現 別表記 異形

Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color. / Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.

日本語の意味

芸術や写真撮影において、カラーではなく灰色の階調（グレースケール）を用いることを意味する。 / テレビやモニターで、カラー表示ではなく灰色の階調（グレースケール）で画像を表示する状態を指す。

She hung a black-and-white photograph of her grandparents on the living room wall.

彼女はリビングの壁に祖父母のモノクロ写真を飾った。

意味（1）

Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.

意味（2）

Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.

意味（3）

(figuratively, idiomatic) Classifying people, objects or concepts as two polar opposites, especially "right" and "wrong"; dichotomous and inflexible.

The pseudo-community of enemies in The Day the Earth Stood Still consists of politicians, the military, and businessmen, whereas the pseudo-community of friends, the element that complements the enemies and reinforces the black-and-white morality of paranoia (Cameron, Revisited 56), is composed of scientists, women, and children.

意味（4）

Alternative form of black and white (easily divided into diametrically opposing camps)

more black-and-white （ comparative ）

most black-and-white （ superlative ）