oeuvre

/ˈɜːvrə/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɜːvrə/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈu̇-vrə ˈər-, ˈə-, ˈœ-/ (ame, mw)

oeuvre — 名詞

  • oeuvresingular
  • oeuvresplural

1. the full set of books, music, films, paintings, or other creative work produced

1.名詞C2
釋義

全部創作

某位作家或藝術家的全部創作

the full set of books, music, films, paintings, or other creative work produced by one person

例句

Critics often divide Akiko's oeuvre into an early Paris period and a later Tokyo one.

評論家常把 Akiko 的全部創作分成巴黎早期和東京後期兩個時期。

divide an oeuvre into artistic periods

The museum bought three drawings to strengthen its collection of Haruto's oeuvre.

博物館買下三幅素描,想讓館內 Haruto 的全部創作收藏更完整。

collection of + person's oeuvre

同義詞
  • body of work

    the everyday phrase for everything someone has created

  • output

    broader and often less artistic, with more focus on quantity

  • canon

    stresses the works seen as most important or authentic

  • portfolio

    a selected set shown to others, not always the whole career

用法筆記

Usually used in formal writing about writers, artists, directors, or composers; everyday English more often says body of work or all their work.

常見錯誤

This short poem is Eliot's oeuvre.
This short poem is one work in Eliot's oeuvre.
💡'oeuvre' means the whole body of creative work, not a single piece.