单词 | stylized |
释义 | stylized (once / 12764 pages) adj If something is stylized it means it's represented in a non-naturalistic conventional form. The heart-shaped symbol in the popular phrase "I heart NY," for example, is a classic stylized representation of a real heart. Anything can be stylized — an entire movie or play or wardrobe, for example. Superhero movies that make entire cities look like cartoons are stylized. The film director Elia Kazan summed up the difference between what is stylized and what is not nicely: "Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose." From the Old English word stile meaning "designation, title, manner or mode of expression." WORD FAMILYstylize: stylization, stylized, stylizes, stylizing+/style: styled, styleless, styler, styles, styling, stylise, stylish, stylist, stylistic, stylize/styled: self-styled/stylise: stylisation, stylised/stylish: stylisher, stylishest, stylishly, stylishness, unstylish/stylist: stylists/stylistic: stylistically/stylization: stylizations/unstylish: unstylishly USAGE EXAMPLESLater, a stylized dream sequence recalls Gene Kelly’s pursuit of Leslie Caron in the ballet that closes “An American in Paris.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The choking first aid posters of yore were a messy confluence of primary colors and a stylized fish skeleton. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) Natural forms move from realistic to stylized to abstracted or from fully dimensional to relief to pierced fretwork. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) adj using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous a stylized mode of theater production Syn conventionalised, conventionalized, stylised artificial, unreal contrived by art rather than nature |
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