单词 | baroque |
释义 | baroque (bərɒk , US -roʊk ) 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Baroque architecture and art is an elaborate style of architecture and art that was popular in Europe in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The baroque church of San Leonardo is worth a quick look. ...a collection of treasures dating from the Middle Ages to the Baroque period. The baroque style and period in art and architecture are sometimes referred to as the baroque. ...the seventeenth-century taste for the baroque. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Baroque music is a style of European music that was written in the 18th century. ...the German baroque composer Georg Philip Telemann. He wrote some of the most magnificent baroque music. The baroque style and period in music are sometimes referred to as the baroque. ...his argument that Mozart belongs to the end of the baroque and not to the early phase of romantic music. 3. graded adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Baroque things are complicated and elaborate. He was a baroque figure dressed in theatrical, but elegant, clothes. He is among the most baroque of contemporary poets. Synonyms: ornate, fancy, bizarre, elegant Collocations: baroque church The location and the buildings are beautiful - splendid frescoes and a notable baroque church - but that's not really the point. Times, Sunday Times Then, quite unexpectedly, this may give way to a leafy square containing a glorious baroque church or a former palace. Times, Sunday Times While the baroque church was a sympathetic visual backdrop, the acoustic was hard work. Times, Sunday Times The main square has a town hall, now a museum, and a baroque church. The Times Literary Supplement Before building this baroque church, a chapel was located there. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Russia's erstwhile ice princess of fiddle-playing writes confessionally in the booklet of her conversion to period style in baroque music. Times, Sunday Times (2009) You can work on rock as well as baroque music. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The quest to perform baroque music just as it was continues. Times, Sunday Times (2010) His playing of baroque music was exemplary. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Whether this theory is correct has not yet been confirmed, but it is possible to experiment with the effects of baroque music for yourself. Dictionary of Mind, Body and Spirit (1994) It was significant for creating new audiences for baroque opera. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The labyrinthine subplots that had riddled earlier baroque opera were eliminated. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's a comforting rococo conclusion to one of baroque opera's most searing tragedies. Times, Sunday Times His plays are composed like baroque operas — long speeches surging like da capo arias, circling round obsession. Times, Sunday Times The orchestral arrangements added fresh layers of drama and grandeur to her already baroque style. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Instead they performed one of their own songs in a baroque style. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Its setting and baroque style were far removed from his lean screenplay but no less entertaining for that. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The baroque style remains intact. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Translations: Chinese: 巴洛克式的 Japanese: バロック式の |
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