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单词 tableau
释义 tab·leau
I. \ˈtaˌblō,  ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷\ noun
(plural tab·leaux \-ō(z)\ ; also tableaus \-ōz\)
Etymology: French, from Middle French tablel, diminutive of table
1.
 a. : a graphic description or visualization : image, picture
  < a popular writer … presenting winsome tableaux of old-fashioned literary days and ways — J.D.Hart >
  < thirteen tableaux … using one permanent frame — Spectator >
 b. : a striking effect or artistic grouping : arrangement, scene
  < the whole house party grouped in a welcoming tableau — Osbert Lancaster >
  < a series of window tableaux planned and executed by … interior designers — Antiques >
 c. or tableau vi·vant \-vēˈväⁿ\plural tableaux vivants \“\ [French, literally, living picture] : a sustained pose : a static depiction usually presented on a stage with participants in appropriate costume
  < a series of tableaux called “Grecian Statutes”, accompanied by explanatory song — American Guide Series: Washington >
  < stood with outstretched hand … in what seemed an endlessly-held tableau — Hartley Howard >
2.
 a. archaic : an official list : table
  < official tableaux of rank — Harper's >
 b. : a large alphabet square in cryptography
3. : the part of a solitaire layout on which building is usually done
II.
variant of tab
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