| 释义 |
‖ ombres chinoises|ɔ̃br ʃinwaz|
[Fr., Chinese shadows.]
= galanty show.
1785Lady Newdigate Let. 25 May in A. E. Newdigate-Newdegate Cheverels (1898) iv. 61 We talk of having another representation of our Ombres Chinoises on Friday. 1802Monthly Mag. Sept. 132/1 Besides the great theatre, there are..several smaller ones for..different exhibitions, such as ombres Chinoises. 1948G. Speaight in M. Batchelder Puppet Theatre Handbk. p. xx, ‘Ombres chinoises’ were extremely popular in France and England during the eighteenth century, but later fell from favour. 1950H. W. Whanslaw Shadow Play vi. 48 Tronchet describes the theatre of Francois-Dominique Seraphin, in the Palais Royale,..where he exhibited his famous Ombres Chinoises–Le Spectacle des Enfants de France. 1960O. Blackham Shadow Puppets 98 In March 1779 Astley re-opened his Amphitheatre near Westminster Bridge, and here the ombres chinoises continued to be advertised right up to the summer of 1790. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VII. 530/2 Ombres chinoises.., European version of the Chinese shadow puppet show, introduced in Europe in the mid-18th century by returning travellers. |