tableau

• n. 畫麵；活人畫；戲劇性局麵；生動的場麵（複數tableaux）

來自法語 tableau-vivant,活的雕像，逼真的繪畫，來自 tableau,圖片，繪畫，來自古法語 table, 石板，寫字板，繪畫板，詞源同 table.-eau,小詞後綴，對應英語後綴-elle.

tableau (n.)

1690s, "a picturesque or graphic description or picture," from French tableau "picture, painting" (12c.), from Old French table "slab, writing tablet" (see table (n.)) + diminutive suffix -eau, from Latin -ellus. Hence tableau-vivant (1817) "person or persons silent and motionless, enacting a well-known scene, incident, painting, etc.," 19c. parlor game, literally "living picture."

1. They admired the tableau of the Nativity.

他們欣賞著耶穌降生的場景造型。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The procession included a tableau of the Battle of Hastings.

遊行隊伍中包括黑斯廷斯戰役的人物造型。

來自《權威詞典》

3. History is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

曆史不過是由罪惡和災難構成的靜止舞台造型罷了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. In a tableau, she once represented " Poland Breaking Her Chains. "

但在一次舞台造型中, 她扮演 “ 掙脫了鎖鏈的波蘭 ”.

來自辭典例句

5. " Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes. "

費譯: 毫無疑問, 曆史不過是由罪惡和災難構成的靜止舞台造型罷了.

來自互聯網