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单词 still life
释义 still life
noun
(plural still lifes also still lives)
Etymology: translation of Dutch stilleven
1.
 a. : a picture consisting predominantly of inanimate objects
  < so slow in painting still lifes that the flowers and fruit in his models would rot before he got them painted — Winthrop Sargeant >
 b. : something that resembles such a picture
  < the novel will remain … just an interesting small-town still life in which figures are caught in careful needlepoint — James Kelly >
2. : the category of the graphic arts concerned with inanimate objects as subject matter
 < still life … is an excellent means of developing a sense of pictorial balance — American Photography >
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