| 单词 | mural |
| 释义 | mural (once / 3108 pages) nadj A mural is a large-scale painting usually done on a wall. Diego Rivera, the Mexican muralist, is famous for the plaster murals he painted on the walls at Rockefeller Center in the 1930s. Famous murals include the wall designs in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican in Rome, and the Coit Tower murals in San Francisco. Many murals were created during the Renaissance, and again during the New Deal. They are also common features of urban settings –– painted on the outsides of buildings and on playground walls. WORD FAMILYmural: muralist, murally, murals+/muralist: muralists USAGE EXAMPLESThey shot cellphone videos of the mural on the walls and gaped at the high ceilings. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) From this vantage point, you’ll get whiplash as you turn right and left to see the eye-popping murals painted on the sides of high-rise buildings. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) The mural will remain on view at the museum through April 16. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1n a painting that is applied to a wall surface Syn|Hypo|Hyper wall painting fresco a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster painting, picture graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface 2adj of or relating to walls mural painting |
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