1690s, "a picturesque or graphic description or picture," from French tableau "picture, painting" (12c.), from Old French table "slab, writing tablet" (see table (n.)) + diminutive suffix -eau, from Latin -ellus. Hence tableau-vivant (1817) "person or persons silent and motionless, enacting a well-known scene, incident, painting, etc.," 19c. parlor game, literally "living picture."
雙語例句
1. They admired the tableau of the Nativity.
他們欣賞著耶穌降生的場景造型。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The procession included a tableau of the Battle of Hastings.
游行隊伍中包括黑斯廷斯戰(zhàn)役的人物造型。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. History is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
歷史不過是由罪惡和災難構(gòu)成的靜止舞臺造型罷了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. In a tableau, she once represented " Poland Breaking Her Chains. "
但在一次舞臺造型中, 她扮演 “ 掙脫了鎖鏈的波蘭 ”.
來自辭典例句
5. " Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes. "