If someone or something is ~ against a background, you can see their silhouette.
Silhouetted against the sun stood the figure of a man.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ against n
If someone or something is ~ against a background, you can see their silhouette.
Silhouetted against the sun stood the figure of a man.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ against n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012