单词 | avant-garde |
释义 | avant-gardeav‧ant-garde /ˌævɒŋ ˈɡɑːd◂ $ ˌævɑːŋ ˈɡɑːrd◂/ adjective ![]() ![]() WORD ORIGINavant-garde ExamplesOrigin: 1900-2000 French ‘vanguard’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatormodern art/literature/music/fashion► modern Collocations modern art, literature, music etc uses styles that have been developed very recently and are deliberately different from traditional ones: · I like both modern dance and classical ballet.· Your work was my first route into an understanding of modern art. ► contemporary contemporary art, music, literature etc was produced or written recently: · Composers like Philip Glass have made contemporary music more popular.· I'm not very impressed by the works of many contemporary artists. ► the latest the latest fashion, style, design etc is the one that is the most modern and the most fashionable: the latest fashion: · She assured me that big sweaters were the latest fashion.the latest in something (=the most fashionable type of something): · They stock the latest in designer footwear. ► avant-garde avant-garde art, music, literature etc is extremely modern and often strange or hard to understand because it is very different from previous styles: · Although she likes avant-garde music, Lydia also plays classical guitar and piano.· His paintings are rather too avant-garde for my tastes.· an exhibition of work by avant-garde artists and sculptors WORD SETS► ARTSaesthete, nounagitprop, nounart gallery, nounartist, nounartwork, nounavant-garde, adjectivebaroque, adjectivecapture, verbceramics, nouncharacter, nounclassical, adjectiveclassicism, nouncompere, nouncontemporary, adjectiveconvention, nouncreative, adjectivecritical, adjectivecrossover, nouncubism, nouncultural, adjectiveculturally, adverbculture, nouncurator, nouncycle, noundrama, nouneisteddfod, nounepic, nouneponymous, adjectiveerotic, adjectiveerotica, nouneroticism, nounexhibit, verbexhibit, nounexhibition, nounexpress, verbexpression, nounexpressionism, nounextract, nounfictionalize, verbfigurine, nounfin de siècle, adjectiveflashback, nounformalism, nounfuturism, nounglaze, verbglaze, nounGothic, adjectivehandcrafted, adjectivehandicraft, nounhandmade, adjectivehigh priest, nounhistorical, adjectiveinterpretation, nounItalianate, adjectivelowbrow, adjectivemagnum opus, nounmarquetry, nounmasterpiece, nounmasterwork, nounmature, adjectivemedium, nounMFA, nounmiddlebrow, adjectiveminimalism, nounmotif, nounmuse, nounnarrator, nounnaturalism, nounneoclassical, adjectivenotice, nounoeuvre, nounoffering, nounopening, adjectiveopus, nounpan, verbparody, nounpastiche, nounpattern, nounpiece, nounpop art, nounportfolio, nounpostmodernism, nounprequel, nounpreview, nounproduce, verbproduction, nounrealism, nounrealistic, adjectiverehash, verbreview, nounreview, verbromantic, nounromanticism, nounroyalty, nounrubbish, nounsalon, nounscenario, nounscene, nounsensuous, adjectivesentimental, adjectivesequel, nounsequence, nounset piece, nounsetting, nounShakespearean, adjectiveshowing, nounskit, nounstory, nounstudio, nounstylistic, adjectivesurrealism, nounswansong, nounsynopsis, nountitle, nountrilogy, nountwo-dimensional, adjectiveuncut, adjectiveunexpurgated, adjectivevillain, nounwork, nounwork of art, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► art 1avant-garde music, literature etc is extremely modern and often seems strange or slightly shocking: · Cassirer's gallery exhibited avant-garde art as early as 1895.· His vision was riveted to one vanishing point on a particular horizon, and that was the story of avant-garde art.· In the lexicon of the avant-garde art world, Meurent could not have figured as an artist.· And in recent years, it has blossomed into an avant-garde arts center. ► culture· Contemporary art practice has found various uses for avant-garde culture.· An additional contradiction of avant-garde culture is its distant relationship to the masses.· As far as avant-garde culture is concerned, there is a built-in time-lag between critical reception and popular acceptance.· This is an important issue in relation to avant-garde culture. ![]() ![]() |
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