baroque

• adj. 巴洛克式的；結構複雜的，形式怪樣的
• n. 巴洛克風格；巴洛克藝術

詞源不確定。詞源學家Klein認為該詞來自於16世紀意大利畫家Federigo Barocci，該種風格的建立者。

baroque (adj.)

1765, from French baroque (15c.) "irregular," from Portuguese barroco "imperfect pearl," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Spanish berruca "a wart."

This style in decorations got the epithet of Barroque taste, derived from a word signifying pearls and teeth of unequal size. [Fuseli's translation of Winkelmann, 1765]

Klein suggests the name may be from Italian painter Federigo Barocci (1528-1612), a founder of the style. How to tell baroque from rococo, according to Fowler: "The characteristics of baroque are grandeur, pomposity, and weight; those of rococo are inconsequence, grace, and lightness." But the two terms often used without distinction for styles featuring odd and excessive ornamentation.

1. The baroque church of San Leonardo is worth a quick look.

聖萊昂納多的巴洛克式教堂值得一看。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He was a baroque figure dressed in theatrical, but elegant, clothes.

他是個巴羅克式的人物，衣著華麗但又不失優雅。

來自柯林斯例句

3. the baroque frontage of Milan Cathedral

米蘭大教堂巴羅克風格的正麵

來自《權威詞典》

4. The baroque style is rich in ornament.

巴羅克風格極具裝飾性.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. A more widespread interest in baroque music developed only slowly in the Sixties and Seventies.

六七十年代人們對巴洛克音樂的興趣隻得到了緩慢的發展。

來自柯林斯例句