| 单词 | pointillism |
| 释义 | pointillism[ pwan-tl-iz-uhm, -tee-iz-, poin-tl-iz- ] / ˈpwæn tlˌɪz əm, -tiˌɪz-, ˈpɔɪn tlˌɪz- / noun (sometimes initial capital letter)a theory and technique developed by the neo-impressionists, based on the principle that juxtaposed dots of pure color, as blue and yellow, are optically mixed into the resulting hue, as green, by the viewer. Origin of pointillism1900–05; <French pointillisme, equivalent to pointill(er) to mark with points + -isme-ism OTHER WORDS FROM pointillismpoin·til·list, noun, adjectiveWords nearby pointillismpoint estimation, point group, point guard, pointillage, pointillé, pointillism, pointillistic, pointing, pointing device, point in time, point lace Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for pointillismpointillism / (ˈpwæntɪˌlɪzəm, -tiːˌɪzəm, ˈpɔɪn-) / nounthe technique of painting elaborated from impressionism, in which dots of unmixed colour are juxtaposed on a white ground so that from a distance they fuse in the viewer's eye into appropriate intermediate tonesAlso called: divisionism Derived forms of pointillismpointillist, noun, adjectiveWord Origin for pointillismC19: from French, from pointiller to mark with tiny dots, from pointille little point, from Italian puntiglio, from punto point 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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