easel
英 ['i?z(?)l]
美['izl]
- n. 畫架；黑板架
暢通詞匯GRETEM8
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?easels;
助記提示
1. ass (Latin asinus "ass") => easel. 但是拼法上受到了 ease 的影響。
2. The notion of loading a painting or canvas on to a wooden stand, much like as a burden is loaded on to a donkey, is echoed in the use of clotheshorse for a stand for hanging clothes on to dry or air (cf. sawhorse).
2. The notion of loading a painting or canvas on to a wooden stand, much like as a burden is loaded on to a donkey, is echoed in the use of clotheshorse for a stand for hanging clothes on to dry or air (cf. sawhorse).
中文詞源
easel 畫架
來(lái)自拉丁詞asinus, 驢，見ass. 拼寫受ease影響。在英語(yǔ)常見于用動(dòng)物來(lái)代替某些具體物件名，比較sawhorse, 鋸木架。
英文詞源
- easel
- easel: [17] Easel was borrowed from Dutch ezel, which means literally ‘donkey’ (it is related to English ass). The notion of loading a painting on to a stand, much as a burden is loaded on to a donkey, is echoed in the use of clotheshorse for a stand for hanging clothes on to dry or air.
=> ass - easel (n.)
- 1590s, from Dutch ezel "easel," originally "ass," from Middle Dutch esel, from Latin asinus "ass" (see ass (n.1)); the comparison being of loading a burden on a donkey and propping up a painting or canvas on a wooden stand (compare sawhorse, French chevalet, Italian cavalletto).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. This is a well designed easel which folds up quickly and neatly.
- 這個(gè)畫架設(shè)計(jì)得很好,可以迅速而整齊地折疊起來(lái).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 2. He went round from easel to easel.
- 他一個(gè)畫架一個(gè)畫架來(lái)回轉(zhuǎn)悠.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 3. I took it from the easel and held it up to the windows.
- 我把畫從畫架上取下來(lái),把它舉到窗戶前.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. In the good weather there was always an artist with his easel.
- 在良好的天氣總是一個(gè)藝術(shù)家與他的畫架.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. In the good weather there was always an artist easel.
- 在天氣好時(shí),這總會(huì)有一個(gè)背著畫架的畫家.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)