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词汇 polychrome
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Definition of polychrome in English:

polychrome

adjective ˈpɒlɪkrəʊmˈpɑliˌkroʊm
  • Painted or printed in several colours.

    彩绘的;彩印的;彩饰的

    a precious polychrome ikon
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One of these, named after Olerys himself, consists of soft yellow-ocher swags and garlands surrounding polychrome medallions depicting mythological scenes.
    • Toshusai Sharaku was a rogue artist during the famous ukiyo-e period of polychrome wood-block printmaking in Japan's 17th to 19th centuries.
    • Fabrics varied, and included calendared or glazed fabrics of wool, plain or floral printed calicos and muslins, and glazed chintz monochrome or polychrome prints.
    • Some were beautifully illustrated in color; no doubt providing the source of some of the polychrome flower painting that sometimes complemented black and white penwork in the late 1820s and 1830s.
    • Ukiyo-e prints began to be produced in the late 17th century, but in 1764 Harunobu produced the first polychrome print.
noun ˈpɒlɪkrəʊmˈpɑliˌkroʊm
mass noun
  • 1Varied colouring.

    多色彩,彩色

    Modigliani continued to carve his large heads, sometimes in polychrome, until 1916
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It could not have been lustred, and the bright polychrome is entirely out of key with the blue and gold of the other tiles.
    • Other of the smaller works are painted in polychrome.
    • The Nyoirin Kannon is described as decorated by saishiki, or polychrome, by the Kanshinji Register, which also notes the lecture hall guardian statue, Bishamontenno, as having saishiki decoration.
    • Now though, in its restored polychrome of ochres, greens and blues, it harmonises perfectly with the building's essentially Italianate feel.
    1. 1.1count noun A work of art in several colours, especially a statue.
      多色艺术品(尤指多色雕塑)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This piece also reflects the fact that colors and surfaces change over time, so that monochromes frequently evolve into polychromes, or lose their original texture, hue or intensity.
      • The discovery made international headlines, and specialists arrived from Poland to examine the find - polychromes depicting colorful, fanciful figures, some with faces bearing a striking resemblance to Felix Landau and his mistress.
      • All his polychromes were thought to have been lost or defaced, until some of them were accidentally found just two years ago, hidden under whitewash and plaster, by a German film team making a documentary on the writer.
      • The Virgin is wearing a long flowing gown and traces of the original polychrome show that this was once red in colour.
verb ˈpɒlɪkrəʊmˈpɑliˌkroʊm
[with object]usually as adjective polychromed
  • Execute (a work of art) in several colours.

    多色艺术品(尤指多色雕塑)

    a polychromed bust of a young girl
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The tomb consists of a prominent polychromed alabaster effigy of the duke lying in state on a slab of heavy black marble surrounded by heraldic symbols.
    • Sures must have had tongue in cheek when she contrived Ghirlandina, a cast-paper relief of an old, crooked, leaning tower, wonderfully abraded and polychromed.
    • In 1911 he met Braque, and between 1914 and 1915 he produced the Constructions series, polychromed wood and plaster sculptures with an emphatic frontality, which investigated juxtapositions of volume.
    • The pediment is painted jarrah fixed on a steel frame, and the bird itself is cast aluminium which has been painted to resemble polychromed hardwood.
    • Similarly, it is typical for bodhisattva statues and those of deva or lesser deities to be polychromed.

Derivatives

  • polychromic

  • adjective -ˈkrəʊmɪk

Origin

Early 19th century: from French, from Greek polukhrōmos, from polu- 'many' + khrōma 'colour'.

Definition of polychrome in US English:

polychrome

adjectiveˈpɑliˌkroʊmˈpälēˌkrōm
  • Painted, printed, or decorated in several colors.

    彩绘的;彩印的;彩饰的

    a precious polychrome ikon
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One of these, named after Olerys himself, consists of soft yellow-ocher swags and garlands surrounding polychrome medallions depicting mythological scenes.
    • Fabrics varied, and included calendared or glazed fabrics of wool, plain or floral printed calicos and muslins, and glazed chintz monochrome or polychrome prints.
    • Ukiyo-e prints began to be produced in the late 17th century, but in 1764 Harunobu produced the first polychrome print.
    • Some were beautifully illustrated in color; no doubt providing the source of some of the polychrome flower painting that sometimes complemented black and white penwork in the late 1820s and 1830s.
    • Toshusai Sharaku was a rogue artist during the famous ukiyo-e period of polychrome wood-block printmaking in Japan's 17th to 19th centuries.
nounˈpɑliˌkroʊmˈpälēˌkrōm
  • 1Varied coloring.

    多色彩,彩色

    Modigliani continued to carve his large heads, sometimes in polychrome, until 1916
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Other of the smaller works are painted in polychrome.
    • It could not have been lustred, and the bright polychrome is entirely out of key with the blue and gold of the other tiles.
    • The Nyoirin Kannon is described as decorated by saishiki, or polychrome, by the Kanshinji Register, which also notes the lecture hall guardian statue, Bishamontenno, as having saishiki decoration.
    • Now though, in its restored polychrome of ochres, greens and blues, it harmonises perfectly with the building's essentially Italianate feel.
    1. 1.1 A work of art in several colors, especially a statue.
      多色艺术品(尤指多色雕塑)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The Virgin is wearing a long flowing gown and traces of the original polychrome show that this was once red in colour.
      • This piece also reflects the fact that colors and surfaces change over time, so that monochromes frequently evolve into polychromes, or lose their original texture, hue or intensity.
      • The discovery made international headlines, and specialists arrived from Poland to examine the find - polychromes depicting colorful, fanciful figures, some with faces bearing a striking resemblance to Felix Landau and his mistress.
      • All his polychromes were thought to have been lost or defaced, until some of them were accidentally found just two years ago, hidden under whitewash and plaster, by a German film team making a documentary on the writer.
verbˈpɑliˌkroʊmˈpälēˌkrōm
[with object]usually as adjective polychromed
  • Execute or decorate (a work of art) in several colors.

    彩绘,彩饰(艺术品)

    a polychromed bust of a young girl
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The tomb consists of a prominent polychromed alabaster effigy of the duke lying in state on a slab of heavy black marble surrounded by heraldic symbols.
    • Sures must have had tongue in cheek when she contrived Ghirlandina, a cast-paper relief of an old, crooked, leaning tower, wonderfully abraded and polychromed.
    • Similarly, it is typical for bodhisattva statues and those of deva or lesser deities to be polychromed.
    • In 1911 he met Braque, and between 1914 and 1915 he produced the Constructions series, polychromed wood and plaster sculptures with an emphatic frontality, which investigated juxtapositions of volume.
    • The pediment is painted jarrah fixed on a steel frame, and the bird itself is cast aluminium which has been painted to resemble polychromed hardwood.

Origin

Early 19th century: from French, from Greek polukhrōmos, from polu- ‘many’ + khrōma ‘color’.

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