| 单词 | vorticism |
| 释义 | vorticism[ vawr-tuh-siz-uhm ] / ˈvɔr təˌsɪz əm / noun (sometimes initial capital letter)a short-lived avant-garde British art movement that was nurtured by Wyndham Lewis, derived from futurism and cubism, and reached its climax in an exhibition in London in 1915, dwindling in influence after World War I. Origin of vorticism1910–15; <Latin vortic-, stem of vortexvortex + -ism OTHER WORDS FROM vorticismvor·ti·cist, noun, adjectiveWords nearby vorticismvortex shedding, vortex street, vortex vein, vortical, vorticella, vorticism, vorticity, vorticose, vortiginous, Vortumnus, Vosges Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for vorticism
British Dictionary definitions for vorticismvorticism / (ˈvɔːtɪˌsɪzəm) / nounan art movement in England initiated in 1913 by Wyndham Lewis combining the techniques of cubism with the concern for the problems of the machine age evinced in futurism Derived forms of vorticismvorticist, nounWord Origin for vorticismC20: referring to the "vortices" of modern life on which the movement was based Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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