nouveau
nouveau — 名詞
1. an artistic design movement from the late 1800s and early 1900s whose work featu
新藝術
19世紀末的裝飾藝術風格
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.
地鐵站的入口處有新藝術風格的鐵製裝飾，彎曲成植物莖蔓的形狀。
collocation: art nouveau ironwork / art nouveau style
The museum's new wing displays art nouveau glassware and furniture made around 1900.
博物館的新展廳展示約 1900 年製的新藝術風格玻璃器皿和家具。
Amelia chose an art nouveau frame with twisting vines for her grandmother's portrait.
Amelia 為祖母的畫像選了一個纏繞藤蔓圖案的新藝術畫框。
The art nouveau stained glass in the museum hall cast blue and green light onto the stone floor.
博物館大廳的新藝術彩繪玻璃將藍綠色光線投射在石地板上。
- 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 — 形容詞
- nouveaupositive
- more nouveaucomparative
- most nouveausuperlative
1. recently arrived at a particular social, economic, or cultural status; used main
新興的
新近形成或發展的
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.
新興富豪買下舊港區的倉庫，將它們改建成豪華公寓。
collocation: nouveau riche
Esme dismissed the gallery's newest donor as nouveau riche who valued status over art.
Esme 認為該藝廊最新加入的捐贈者是崇尚地位而非藝術的新興富豪。
The nouveau roman movement of the 1950s rejected traditional plot structures in favour of experimental narration.
1950 年代的新小說運動摒棄傳統的情節結構，轉而採用實驗性的敘事手法。
Longtime residents resent the nouveau riche for driving up property prices in the neighbourhood.
老居民對新興富豪推高社區房價感到不滿。
- 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).