英语词汇“sidewalk artist”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sidewalk artist n. chiefly North American (a) a person who draws pictures with coloured chalks, crayons, etc., on the surface of a sidewalk to earn money from passers-by; (b) an artist who creates or sells his or her work in the street or other public space, esp. one producing portraits or caricatures of passers-by.Cf. pavement artist n. 1.

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1872 World (N.Y.) 9 Sept. 8/6 A sidewalk artist is depicting in colored chalks on the flagstones a series of cartoons.

1876 Boston Post 24 Oct. Master Carling, the wonderful sidewalk artist.., caricatures with great rapidity and fidelity to the original.

1911 Current Lit. Dec. 687/1 Reports from London say that one of the sidewalk artists..is nightly producing Mona Lisa on the pavement of Piccadilly.

1932 N.Y. Times 31 May 22/7 (heading) Sidewalk artists sell 264/ paintings. Washington Sq. thronged as 50-cent portraits are drawn on the spot.

1999 G. Sparrow Carbon 12 (caption) This sidewalk artist is using charcoal. Sadly, his picture will be washed away by the next shower of rain.

2007 R. McClanahan My First Five Husbands i. 24 We..walked through Greenwich Village (I still have the sketch of me made by a sidewalk artist).

单词	sidewalk artist
释义	> as lemmas sidewalk artist sidewalk artist n. chiefly North American (a) a person who draws pictures with coloured chalks, crayons, etc., on the surface of a sidewalk to earn money from passers-by; (b) an artist who creates or sells his or her work in the street or other public space, esp. one producing portraits or caricatures of passers-by.Cf. pavement artist n. 1. ΚΠ 1872 World (N.Y.) 9 Sept. 8/6 A sidewalk artist is depicting in colored chalks on the flagstones a series of cartoons. 1876 Boston Post 24 Oct. Master Carling, the wonderful sidewalk artist.., caricatures with great rapidity and fidelity to the original. 1911 Current Lit. Dec. 687/1 Reports from London say that one of the sidewalk artists..is nightly producing Mona Lisa on the pavement of Piccadilly. 1932 N.Y. Times 31 May 22/7 (heading) Sidewalk artists sell 264/ paintings. Washington Sq. thronged as 50-cent portraits are drawn on the spot. 1999 G. Sparrow Carbon 12 (caption) This sidewalk artist is using charcoal. Sadly, his picture will be washed away by the next shower of rain. 2007 R. McClanahan My First Five Husbands i. 24 We..walked through Greenwich Village (I still have the sketch of me made by a sidewalk artist). extracted from sidewalkn. < as lemmas
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