calligraphy

IPA/kəˈlɪɡrəfi/
KK[kəlˈɪɡrəfi]IPA/kəˈlɪɡrəfi/

calligraphy — 名詞

1. the skill or art of writing letters and words in an attractive way, using a brus

1.名詞B1
釋義

書法

以毛筆或特殊筆書寫的藝術

the skill or art of writing letters and words in an attractive way, using a brush, a special pen, or similar tools, as well as the writing produced by this skill

例句

Mei-Lin spent Saturday mornings practising Chinese calligraphy with her grandfather's brush.

Mei-Lin 每週六早上都用祖父的毛筆練習中國書法。

collocation: practise calligraphy

The museum's new exhibition features Japanese calligraphy by five modern artists.

博物館的新展覽展出五位現代藝術家的日本書法作品。

常見搭配
  • practise calligraphy
  • learn calligraphy
  • study calligraphy
  • calligraphy brush
  • calligraphy set
  • calligraphy class
  • calligraphy workshop
  • piece of calligraphy
  • traditional calligraphy
  • Chinese/Japanese/Arabic calligraphy
  • beautiful calligraphy
  • elegant calligraphy
同義詞
  • handwriting

    general term for any person's writing style, not necessarily artistic

  • penmanship

    focuses on the skill of writing clearly by hand; more common in American English than British

  • lettering

    the process of drawing letters by hand, often for signs or posters; less formal than calligraphy

  • script

    refers to a particular style of written letters, not the art itself

文法句型

calligraphy [noun as modifier] (e.g. calligraphy class, calligraphy brush)

用法筆記

Uncountable — you cannot say 'a calligraphy' or 'two calligraphies'. To refer to a single piece, use 'a piece of calligraphy' or 'a calligraphy work'.

常見錯誤

I bought a calligraphy.
I bought a calligraphy set.
calligraphy is uncountable; use 'a calligraphy set' for the tools.
She has beautiful calligraphies on the wall.
She has beautiful pieces of calligraphy on the wall.
use 'pieces of calligraphy' for multiple works.

同根字

  • calligrapher
    名詞B2
  • calligraphic
    形容詞C1
  • calligraphist
    名詞C1

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常用片語

  • piece of calligraphy
  • art of calligraphy
  • calligraphy class
  • calligraphy workshop
  • calligraphy set
  • calligraphy brush
  • calligraphy pen

介系詞搭配

  • in calligraphy
  • of calligraphy