baroque

baroque — 形容詞

IPA/bəˈrɒk/
KK[bɚˈok]IPA/bəˈroʊk/
  • baroquepositive
  • more baroquecomparative
  • most baroquesuperlative

1. Describing or belonging to the richly ornamented artistic, musical, and architec

1.形容詞B2
釋義

巴洛克式

17至18世紀歐洲華麗裝飾風格

Describing or belonging to the richly ornamented artistic, musical, and architectural style that flourished across Europe from about 1600 to 1750, known for dramatic contrasts and elaborate decoration.

例句

The village church has a baroque ceiling painted with golden angels and swirling clouds.

村莊教堂有一座巴洛克式天花板，彩繪著金色天使和旋轉的雲朵。

attributive: baroque ceiling

Lisa played a baroque sonata by Corelli on the harpsichord for the spring recital.

Lisa 在春季演奏會上用大鍵琴彈奏了柯雷利的巴洛克式奏鳴曲。

collocation: baroque sonata

常見搭配
  • baroque architecture
  • baroque music
  • baroque style
  • baroque church
  • baroque palace
  • baroque period
  • baroque painting
  • baroque composer
同義詞
  • ornate

    Focuses on rich surface decoration; can apply to any historical period

  • elaborate

    Emphasises detailed workmanship; a broader word than baroque

  • rococo

    A later, even more decorative style (early 1700s); lighter and more playful than baroque

反義詞
  • austere

    Plain and severe, with no decoration — the opposite of baroque richness

  • minimalist

    Using very few elements; a 20th-century aesthetic that rejects baroque excess

文法句型

baroque + noun

用法筆記

Often capitalised (Baroque) when referring specifically to the historical period. The descriptive force is positive or neutral — it identifies the style rather than judging it.

常見錯誤

Renaissance painters like Caravaggio worked in the baroque style.
Baroque painters like Caravaggio worked in the dramatic, high-contrast style of the 1600s.
Caravaggio worked at the very start of the Baroque period, but Renaissance is a different era that ended around 1600.

2. Extremely intricate or elaborate in a way that seems unnecessary or deliberately

2.形容詞C1
釋義

過度繁複

過於複雜、不必要的繁複

Extremely intricate or elaborate in a way that seems unnecessary or deliberately confusing — used about writing, rules, design, or procedures.

例句

The contract's baroque wording confused even the company's senior lawyers.

那份合約過度繁複的措辭連公司資深律師都看不懂。

figurative: baroque wording (unnecessarily complex)

Mayumi abandoned the application because its baroque instructions ran to forty confusing pages.

Mayumi 放棄了那份申請表，因為它過度繁複的說明寫了長達四十頁。

常見搭配
  • baroque prose
  • baroque system
  • baroque design
  • baroque argument
  • baroque regulations
  • baroque plot
同義詞
  • convoluted

    Suggests something is twisted and hard to follow; strongly negative

  • intricate

    Neutral or positive — implies skilful complexity; baroque in this sense is disapproving

  • byzantine

    Similar meaning of excessive complexity, especially in politics or bureaucracy

反義詞
  • simple

    Straightforward, with no unnecessary detail

  • streamlined

    Efficiently designed to avoid waste or complexity

文法句型

baroque + noun

用法筆記

Carries a mildly negative judgement — the complexity is seen as excessive rather than skilful. Common with abstract nouns: prose, argument, system, regulations, design.

常見錯誤

The baroque dress had beautiful embroidery.
The heavily embroidered dress was beautiful.
If you mean the historical style, use sense 1; sense 2 implies the decoration is too much, which may not be the speaker's intended meaning.

baroque — 名詞

IPA/bəˈrɒk/
KK[bɚˈok]IPA/bəˈrəʊk/

同根字

  • baroquely
    副詞C1

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • baroque style
  • baroque period
  • baroque art
  • baroque music
  • baroque architecture