请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 term of art
释义

art1 /ärt/

noun
  1. Practical skill, or its application, guided by principles
  2. Human skill and agency, opp to nature
  3. Application of skill to production of beauty (esp visible beauty) and works of creative imagination, as in the fine arts
  4. (in general use) the visual arts, drawing and painting, and usu sculpture
  5. A branch of learning, esp one of the liberal arts (see trivium under trivia, quadrivium under quadri-), as in faculty of arts, master of arts
  6. Skill or knowledge in a particular department
  7. A skilled profession or trade, craft, or branch of activity
  8. Magic or occult knowledge or influence
  9. A method or knack of doing a thing
  10. Cunning, artifice, crafty conduct
  11. A wile, trick
adjective
  1. Of, for or concerned with painting, sculpture, etc (as in art gallery, art historian)
  2. Intended to be decorative or artistic
  3. Produced with studied artistry, not arising spontaneously or by chance
  4. Following artistic aims at the expense of commercial considerations, as in art cinema
ORIGIN: L ars, artis

artˈful adjective

  1. Cunning
  2. Skilful, masterly
  3. Produced by art
  4. Dexterous, clever (archaic)

artˈfully adverb

artˈfulness noun

artˈiness noun

The quality or state of being arty

artˈless adjective

  1. Simple
  2. Guileless, unaffected
  3. Inartistic (rare)

artˈlessly adverb

artˈlessness noun

artˈy (informal) or less commonly artˈsy adjective

Artistic, or affectedly aspiring to be

noun (informal)

An arty person

art autre /är-tō-tr’/ noun

A post-World War II movement in painting, including tachisme

art brut noun

The primitive (literally, raw), unrefined or naïve art of non-professional or untrained artists (eg children, mental patients, prisoners, etc)

art deco /ärt dekˈō/ noun

The style of decorative art characteristic of the 1920s and 1930s, developing the curvilinearity of art nouveau into more streamlined geometrical forms

art form noun

  1. A set form or arrangement in poetry or music
  2. An accepted medium of artistic expression

artˈhouse noun

A cinema that shows films regarded as artistic as distinct from popular, incl cult and foreign, subtitled films (also adjective)

art nouveau /är noo-vōˈ/ noun

A decorative form of art (c.1890–1910) in which curvilinear forms are important and fundamentally unrelated images are often combined in a single design

art paper noun

A type of paper for illustrations, coated with a composition containing china clay

arts centre noun

A building for practising, performing or exhibiting various arts and art forms

artsˈman noun

  1. A craftsman (obsolete)
  2. A scholar (obsolete)

artˈ-song noun

A song whose words and music are the product of conscious art, the music reflecting every turn of meaning (distinguished from a folk song)

art therapy noun

Art used as a means of communication, or a creative activity, to assist personal development, diagnosis and rehabilitation

art union noun (Aust and NZ)

A lottery

artˈwork noun

  1. The illustrations and other decorative material in a publication
  2. Production of or work in creating, artistic objects
  3. Work(s) of art

arty-craftˈy adjective

  1. To do with, or esp involved in, arts and crafts
  2. Self-consciously artistic

arty-fartˈy or artsy-fartsˈy adjective (derogatory, informal)

Arty, arty-crafty

art and part (orig law, etc)

Concerned in either by art in contriving or by part in actual execution, now loosely used in the sense of participating, sharing

fine art

  1. The aesthetically significant forms of art (now usu defined as architecture, painting, sculpture and some graphic arts) as distinct from applied and decorative art
  2. Loosely, (a college course combining) art history and practical art tuition
  3. Sometimes, the fine arts (see below)
  4. An operation or practice requiring special skill or craftsmanship (informal)

get something down to a fine art

To become very skilled at something through practice

soft art (and soft sculpture)

Works of art (and sculpture) constructed from textiles or other soft materials

term of art

A technical word

the fine arts

Painting, poetry, music, etc

term /tûrm/

noun
  1. An end
  2. The normal duration of a pregnancy, or its completion
  3. Any limited period
  4. The time for which anything lasts
  5. A division of the academic or school year, alternating with holiday
  6. A period of sittings (law)
  7. (in pl) conditions, stipulations
  8. (in pl) charge, fee
  9. A quantity added to or subtracted from others in an expression (mathematics)
  10. An item in a series
  11. Either of the two quantities in a ratio (mathematics)
  12. That which may be a subject or predicate of a proposition (logic)
  13. A word used in a specially understood or defined sense
  14. An expression generally
  15. (in pl) language generally
  16. A limit, boundary (archaic)
  17. A term day
  18. (in pl) a footing, relation
  19. (in pl) respect (Shakespeare)
  20. A bust in continuity with its pedestal (art and archaeology)
transitive verb

To call, designate

ORIGIN: Fr terme a limit, from L terminus a boundary

termˈer noun

  1. A person who came to town during a law term (historical)
  2. A termor (obsolete)

termˈless adjective

  1. Endless
  2. Inexpressible (Shakespeare)
  3. Unconditional

termˈly adjective and adverb noun

A publication appearing once a term

termˈor or (obsolete) termˈer noun

A person who holds an estate for a term of years or for life

term assurance noun

A usu cheap form of life insurance which pays out only if the insured dies within the period specified

term day noun

A day of the year fixed for some purpose, such as payment of rent, the beginning or end of a tenancy, hiring of servants, household removals

term of art noun

A term having a special meaning in a certain art, craft, etc, a technical term

term of years noun

An interest or estate in land for a fixed period

terms of reference see under refer

terms of trade plural noun

Relation between export and import prices in national accounts

termˈ-time noun and adjective

bring to terms

To compel to the acceptance of conditions

come to terms

  1. To come to an agreement
  2. To submit

come to terms with

To find a way of living with (some personal trouble or difficulty)

eat one's terms see under eat

in terms

  1. In so many words, explicitly
  2. Engaged in negotiations

in terms of

  1. Having or using as unit
  2. In the language peculiar to
  3. In respect of, with regard to

keep a term

To give the regular attendance during a period of study

longˈ- or shortˈ-termer

A person serving respectively a long or short prison sentence

make terms

To reach an agreement

on speaking terms

  1. Friendly enough to speak to each other
  2. Well enough acquainted to speak

on terms

  1. In friendly relations
  2. On an equal footing

stand upon terms

To insist upon conditions
随便看

　

英语词典包含305067条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。

　

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/11/11 22:49:08