favrile

favrile — 名詞

1. a type of hand-blown art glass that shines with shifting rainbow colours on its

1.名詞C2
釋義

彩虹玻璃

蒂芙尼工坊發明的彩虹光澤手工玻璃

a type of hand-blown art glass that shines with shifting rainbow colours on its surface, created by Louis Comfort Tiffany in the late 1890s and known for its rich, jewel-like finish.

例句

Constanza inherited a small favrile vase that her grandmother had bought in New York in 1905.

Constanza 繼承了一只小彩虹玻璃花瓶，是她祖母 1905 年在紐約購入的。

favrile + [vessel noun] — attributive use naming a Tiffany glass object

The museum's new gallery displays twenty pieces of favrile alongside other Art Nouveau treasures.

博物館的新展廳展出二十件彩虹玻璃，與其他新藝術風格的珍品並列。

pieces of favrile — uncountable measure phrase

常見搭配
  • favrile glass
  • favrile vase
  • favrile lamp
  • Tiffany favrile
  • piece of favrile
同義詞
  • iridescent glass

    general descriptive term; favrile is one specific branded type with a distinctive Tiffany pattern

  • art glass

    broad category covering many decorative glass styles; favrile is one famous subtype

文法句型

a piece of favrile

favrile glass / vase / lamp

用法筆記

Almost always uncountable; rarely pluralised. Frequently used attributively before another noun (favrile vase, favrile glass, favrile lamp). Often capitalised as 'Favrile' in art catalogues because the term was originally a Tiffany Studios trademark.

常見錯誤

She collects three favriles from the 1900s.
She collects three pieces of favrile from the 1900s.
favrile is uncountable; count it with 'pieces of' or name the object (vases, lamps).
The window is made of favrile crystal.
The window is made of favrile glass.
favrile refers specifically to art glass, not to lead crystal.

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • favrile glass
  • favrile vase
  • favrile lamp
  • favrile panel

常用片語

  • Tiffany favrile
  • signed favrile
  • antique favrile

介系詞搭配

  • of (a piece of favrile)
  • in (figures rendered in favrile)