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a strong heavy rough material used for making tents, sails, etc. and by artists for painting on 帆布 tents made from heavy canvas 由厚帆布制成的帐篷
Collocations Fine artsFine arts 美术 Creating art 艺术创作 - make a work of art/a drawing/a sketch/a sculpture/a statue/engravings/etchings/prints
创作艺术品；绘画；画素描；创作雕塑／雕像／雕版印刷品／蚀刻画／版画 - do an oil painting/a self-portrait/a line drawing/a rough sketch
画油画／自画像／线条画／草图 - create a work of art/an artwork/paintings and sculptures
创作一件艺术品／绘画和雕塑 - produce paintings/portraits/oil sketches/his most celebrated work/a series of prints
创作绘画／肖像画／油画速写／他最知名的作品／一组版画 - paint a picture/landscape/portrait/mural/in oils/in watercolours/(US English) in watercolors/on canvas
画画／风景画／肖像画／壁画／油画／水彩画；在画布上画 - draw a picture/a portrait/a cartoon/a sketch/a line/a figure/the human form/in charcoal/in ink
画画／肖像／漫画／素描／线条／形体／人形／木炭画／墨水画 - sketch a preliminary drawing/a figure/a shape
勾勒草图／形体／图形 - carve a figure/an image/a sculpture/an altarpiece/reliefs/a block of wood
雕刻形体／形象／雕塑／祭坛雕塑／浮雕／一块木头 - sculpt a portrait bust/a statue/an abstract figure
雕刻半身像／塑像／抽象形体 - etch a line/a pattern/a design/a name into the glass
蚀刻线条／图案／图样／名字在玻璃杯上 - mix colours/(US English) colors/pigments/paints
调色；调颜料 - add/apply thin/thick layers of paint/colour/(US English) color/pigment
加上薄薄／厚厚几层颜料 - use oil pastels/charcoal/acrylic paint/a can of spray paint
使用油画棒／木炭笔／丙烯酸颜料／一罐喷雾颜料 - work in bronze/ceramics/stone/oils/pastels/watercolour/a wide variety of media
用青铜／陶瓷／石头／油彩／蜡笔／水彩／各种各样的材料制作艺术品
Describing art 描述艺术 - paint/depict a female figure/a biblical scene/a pastoral landscape/a domestic interior
画／描绘女性形体／与《圣经》有关的场景／田园风光／家庭室内场景 - depict/illustrate a traditional/mythological/historical/religious theme
描绘／阐释传统的／神话的／历史的／宗教的主题 - create an abstract composition/a richly textured surface/a distorted perspective
设计抽象的艺术构图／丰富的层次／视觉扭曲效果 - paint dark/rich/skin/flesh tones
用颜料绘成深色／浓重的颜色／肤色／肉色 - use broad brush strokes/loose brushwork/vibrant colours/a limited palette/simple geometric forms
用粗笔线条／散漫的笔法／鲜艳的颜色／有限的色调／简单的几何图形 - develop/adopt/paint in a stylized manner/an abstract style
用非写实手法／抽象方式阐明／采用／描绘
Showing and selling art 艺术品展示及销售 - commission an altarpiece/a bronze bust of somebody/a portrait/a religious work/an artist to paint something
委托创作一幅祭坛画／一座某人的半身铜像／一幅肖像画／一件宗教艺术品；委托艺术家为某物作画 - frame a painting/portrait
给一幅画／肖像画镶框 - hang art/a picture/a painting
悬挂艺术品／图画／画作 - display/exhibit modern art/somebody’s work/a collection/original artwork/drawings/sculptures/a piece/a painting
- be displayed/hung in a gallery/museum
在美术馆／博物馆展出 - install/place a sculpture in/at/on something
在某处安放一座雕塑 - erect/unveil a bronze/marble/life-size statue
竖立／揭幕一座铜像／大理石像／与真人一样大的雕像 - hold/host/mount/open/curate/see an exhibition (especially British English)/(North American English usually) an exhibit
举办／主持／筹办／举行／组织／观看展览 - be/go on (British English) exhibition/(North American English) exhibit
参展 - feature/promote/showcase a conceptual artist/contemporary works
重点介绍／宣传／展示一位概念派艺术家／当代作品 - collect African art/modern British paintings/Japanese prints
收藏非洲艺术品／现代英国绘画／日本版画 - restore/preserve a fresco/great works of art
修复／保护湿壁画／伟大的艺术品
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a piece of canvas used for painting on; a painting done on a piece of canvas, using oil paints （帆布）画布；油画 
a sale of the artist’s early canvases 那位画家早期油画的拍卖
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old Northern French canevas, based on Latin cannabis ‘hemp’, from Greek.
Idioms
a blank canvas/slate
a person or thing that has the potential to be developed or changed in many different ways 空白的画布/板： 可能以多种不同方式发展或变化的人或物The building is a blank canvas for an clever investor to potentially make a lot of money. 对于一个聪明的投资者来说，这座建筑是一张空白的画布，可能会赚大钱。 Alice was a blank slate in the first film because she had memory loss and knew nothing about herself. 爱丽丝在第一部电影中是空白的，因为她失去了记忆，对自己一无所知。
under canvas
in a tent 在帐篷里 They spent the night under canvas. 他们在帆布下过夜。