nouveau
nouveau — noun
1. an artistic design movement from the late 1800s and early 1900s whose work featu
an artistic design movement from the late 1800s and early 1900s whose work features long, winding curves and natural themes such as leaves, flowers, and vines
The metro station had art nouveau ironwork shaped like curling plant stems at its entrance.
collocation: art nouveau ironwork / art nouveau style
The museum's new wing displays art nouveau glassware and furniture made around 1900.
Amelia chose an art nouveau frame with twisting vines for her grandmother's portrait.
The art nouveau stained glass in the museum hall cast blue and green light onto the stone floor.
- Art Nouveau
capitalised form common in art-historical contexts; same meaning
用法筆記
This noun refers to the art movement itself. The phrase 'art nouveau' is usually written in lowercase in running text, though it is sometimes capitalised as Art Nouveau in formal art-historical writing.
常見錯誤
nouveau — adjective
- nouveaupositive
- more nouveaucomparative
- most nouveausuperlative
1. recently arrived at a particular social, economic, or cultural status; used main
recently arrived at a particular social, economic, or cultural status; used mainly in French-origin phrases such as 'nouveau riche'
The nouveau riche buy old port warehouses and turn them into luxury apartments.
collocation: nouveau riche
Esme dismissed the gallery's newest donor as nouveau riche who valued status over art.
The nouveau roman movement of the 1950s rejected traditional plot structures in favour of experimental narration.
Longtime residents resent the nouveau riche for driving up property prices in the neighbourhood.
- old
standard antonym of 'new'; 'nouveau' has no standard antonym in English
用法筆記
This adjective does not freely combine with English nouns. It appears almost exclusively in French-origin set phrases. The most common is 'nouveau riche' (people who have recently become wealthy and spend money conspicuously). Another is 'nouveau roman' (a 1950s–60s French experimental novel style).