| 单词 | mosaic |
| 释义 | mosaic (once / 2523 pages) 1n 2n 3n If you’ve ever seen a piece of artwork where the picture is comprised of little clay tiles, then you’ve seen a mosaic. If you break a nice piece of china, or a stain glass window, you could save the broken pieces for future use in a mosaic. A mosaic is a style of art where a larger image is created by arranging bits of clay, glass, or other materials in a pattern. More broadly, you can use this word to describe anything that is made up of many different elements, such as “the diverse group represented a mosaic of different viewpoints.” WORD FAMILYmosaic: mosaicism, mosaics USAGE EXAMPLESThere is a sumptuous mosaic ceiling, with marble columns and copper clay friezes. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) The reason for his newfound celebrity: His likeness is featured in a mosaic there. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) The death of T1 was but one tile in this vast mosaic of annihilation. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass Hyper art, fine art the products of human creativity; works of art collectively 2n arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture Syn|Hyper arial mosaic, photomosaic exposure, photo, photograph, pic, picture a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material 3n a pattern resembling a mosaic 2Hyper form, pattern, shape a perceptual structure n transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube 3Hyper transducer an electrical device that converts one form of energy into another n viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves Hypo|Hyper potato mosaic a disease of the leaves of potato plants tobacco mosaica plant disease causing discoloration of the leaves of tobacco plants plant disease a disease that affects plants Mosaic (once / 3759 pages) 1adj 2n WORD FAMILY Mosaic: Mosaics USAGE EXAMPLESHalf of the $2.5 billion will be in cash, while Mosaic will issue roughly 42.3 million shares of common stock. New York Times(Dec 19, 2016) A longer version of this article was first published by Wellcome on Mosaic and is republished here under a Creative Commons licence. The Guardian(Dec 06, 2016) The main catalysts were the world wide web, the Mosaic browser and AOL. The Guardian(Nov 27, 2016) 1 adj of or relating to Moses or the laws and writings attributed to him 2Mosaic Law n a freeware browser Exp browser, web browser a program used to view HTML documents |
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