tableau

英 ['tæbləʊ] 美 [tæ'blo]
  • n. 画面;活人画;戏剧性局面;生动的场面(复数tableaux)

中文词源


tableau 群雕塑像,舞台造型

来自法语 tableau-vivant,活的雕像,逼真的绘画,来自 tableau,图片,绘画,来自古法语 table, 石板,写字板,绘画板,词源同 table.-eau,小词后缀,对应英语后缀-elle.

英文词源


tableau (n.)
1690s, "a picturesque or graphic description or picture," from French tableau "picture, painting" (12c.), from Old French table "slab, writing tablet" (see table (n.)) + diminutive suffix -eau, from Latin -ellus. Hence tableau-vivant (1817) "person or persons silent and motionless, enacting a well-known scene, incident, painting, etc.," 19c. parlor game, literally "living picture."

双语例句


1. They admired the tableau of the Nativity.
他们欣赏着耶稣降生的场景造型。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The procession included a tableau of the Battle of Hastings.
游行队伍中包括黑斯廷斯战役的人物造型。

来自《权威词典》

3. History is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
历史不过是由罪恶和灾难构成的静止舞台造型罢了.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. In a tableau, she once represented " Poland Breaking Her Chains. "
但在一次舞台造型中, 她扮演 “ 挣脱了锁链的波兰 ”.

来自辞典例句

5. " Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes. "
费译: 毫无疑问, 历史不过是由罪恶和灾难构成的静止舞台造型罢了.

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