a simple picture that is drawn quickly and does not have many details 素描；速寫；草圖 The artist is making sketches for his next painting. 畫家正爲他的下一幅作品畫素描。 She drew a sketch map of the area to show us the way. 她畫了一幅這個地區的略圖，用來給我們指路。
Collocations Fine artsFine arts 美術 Creating art 藝術創作 - make a work of art/a drawing/a sketch/a sculpture/a statue/engravings/etchings/prints
創作藝術品；繪畫；畫素描；創作雕塑／雕像／雕版印刷品／蝕刻畫／版畫 - do an oil painting/a self-portrait/a line drawing/a rough sketch
畫油畫／自畫像／線條畫／草圖 - create a work of art/an artwork/paintings and sculptures
創作一件藝術品／繪畫和雕塑 - produce paintings/portraits/oil sketches/his most celebrated work/a series of prints
創作繪畫／肖像畫／油畫速寫／他最知名的作品／一組版畫 - paint a picture/landscape/portrait/mural/in oils/in watercolours/(US English) in watercolors/on canvas
畫畫／風景畫／肖像畫／壁畫／油畫／水彩畫；在畫布上畫 - draw a picture/a portrait/a cartoon/a sketch/a line/a figure/the human form/in charcoal/in ink
畫畫／肖像／漫畫／素描／線條／形體／人形／木炭畫／墨水畫 - sketch a preliminary drawing/a figure/a shape
勾勒草圖／形體／圖形 - carve a figure/an image/a sculpture/an altarpiece/reliefs/a block of wood
雕刻形體／形象／雕塑／祭壇雕塑／浮雕／一塊木頭 - sculpt a portrait bust/a statue/an abstract figure
雕刻半身像／塑像／抽象形體 - etch a line/a pattern/a design/a name into the glass
蝕刻線條／圖案／圖樣／名字在玻璃杯上 - mix colours/(US English) colors/pigments/paints
調色；調顔料 - add/apply thin/thick layers of paint/colour/(US English) color/pigment
加上薄薄／厚厚幾層顔料 - use oil pastels/charcoal/acrylic paint/a can of spray paint
使用油畫棒／木炭筆／丙烯酸顔料／一罐噴霧顔料 - work in bronze/ceramics/stone/oils/pastels/watercolour/a wide variety of media
用青銅／陶瓷／石頭／油彩／蠟筆／水彩／各種各樣的材料制作藝術品
Describing art 描述藝術 - paint/depict a female figure/a biblical scene/a pastoral landscape/a domestic interior
畫／描繪女性形體／與《聖經》有關的場景／田園風光／家庭室内場景 - depict/illustrate a traditional/mythological/historical/religious theme
描繪／闡釋傳統的／神話的／歷史的／宗教的主題 - create an abstract composition/a richly textured surface/a distorted perspective
設計抽象的藝術構圖／豐富的層次／視覺扭曲效果 - paint dark/rich/skin/flesh tones
用顔料繪成深色／濃重的顔色／膚色／肉色 - use broad brush strokes/loose brushwork/vibrant colours/a limited palette/simple geometric forms
用粗筆線條／散漫的筆法／鮮豔的顔色／有限的色調／簡單的幾何圖形 - develop/adopt/paint in a stylized manner/an abstract style
用非寫實手法／抽象方式闡明／采用／描繪
Showing and selling art 藝術品展示及銷售 - commission an altarpiece/a bronze bust of somebody/a portrait/a religious work/an artist to paint something
委托創作一幅祭壇畫／一座某人的半身銅像／一幅肖像畫／一件宗教藝術品；委托藝術家爲某物作畫 - frame a painting/portrait
給一幅畫／肖像畫鑲框 - hang art/a picture/a painting
懸挂藝術品／圖畫／畫作 - display/exhibit modern art/somebody’s work/a collection/original artwork/drawings/sculptures/a piece/a painting
- be displayed/hung in a gallery/museum
在美術館／博物館展出 - install/place a sculpture in/at/on something
在某處安放一座雕塑 - erect/unveil a bronze/marble/life-size statue
豎立／揭幕一座銅像／大理石像／與真人一樣大的雕像 - hold/host/mount/open/curate/see an exhibition (especially British English)/(North American English usually) an exhibit
舉辦／主持／籌辦／舉行／組織／觀看展覽 - be/go on (British English) exhibition/(North American English) exhibit
參展 - feature/promote/showcase a conceptual artist/contemporary works
重點介紹／宣傳／展示一位概念派藝術家／當代作品 - collect African art/modern British paintings/Japanese prints
收藏非洲藝術品／現代英國繪畫／日本版畫 - restore/preserve a fresco/great works of art
修複／保護濕壁畫／偉大的藝術品
Synonyms picturepicture- painting
- drawing
- portrait
- sketch
- picture a scene, person or thing that has been represented on paper using a pencil, a pen or paint:
The children were drawing pictures of their pets. 孩子在畫他們的寵物。
- painting a picture that has been made using paint:
a collection of paintings by American artists 美國藝術家的繪畫作品集
- drawing a picture that has been made using a pencil or pen, not paint:
a pencil/charcoal drawing 鉛筆畫；炭筆畫
- portrait a painting, drawing or photograph of a person, especially of the head and shoulders:
Vermeer’s ‘Portrait of the artist in his studio’ 弗美爾的 “藝術家在工作室的肖像” a self-portrait (= a painting that you do of yourself) 自畫像
- print a picture that has been copied from a painting using photography:
a Renoir print 一張雷諾阿畫作的影印件
- sketch a simple picture that is drawn quickly and does not have many details:
I usually do a few very rough sketches before I start on a painting. 我開始作畫之前通常會畫幾幅草圖。
- to draw a picture/portrait/sketch
- to paint a picture/portrait
- to make a painting/drawing/portrait/print/sketch
- to do a painting/drawing/portrait/sketch
Extra ExamplesHe did some rough sketches of the costumes. 他畫了一些服飾的草圖。 Police released a composite sketch of the suspect. 警方公布了一張合成的嫌疑人畫像。 The family house appears in several of her sketches. 她的幾幅素描中均出現了家宅。 The judge will ban sketch artists from the courtroom. 法官將禁止肖像素描專家進入法庭。 a series of sketches by John Constable 約翰・康斯太布爾的一系列素描作品 the artist's original sketch 該藝術家的最初草稿 He drew me a quick sketch. 他爲我畫了張素描。 I usually do a few very rough sketches before I start on a painting. 我開始作畫之前通常會畫幾幅草圖。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lightning
- quick
- rough
- …
- do
- draw
- make
- …
- book
- pad
- map
- …
- in a/the sketch
- sketch by
- sketch for
- …
a short funny scene on television, in the theatre, etc. 幽默短劇；小品 Extra ExamplesTopics Film and theatrec1, TV, radio and newsc1The show sometimes feels like a university revue sketch. 這種表演有時感覺像大學裏的時事諷刺劇。 a comic sketch about a talking cat 有關一只會說話的貓的喜劇小品 a one-hour TV sketch show 一小時電視喜劇小品表演 My favourite sketch is the one about the dead parrot. 我最喜歡的素描是關於死鹦鹉的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- short
- comedy
- comic
- …
- do
- perform
- write
- …
- comedy
- comedy show
- show
- …
- sketch about
a short report or story that gives only basic details about something 簡報；速寫；概述 a biographical sketch of the prime minister 首相生平簡介
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writingb2He gave us character sketches of all his eccentric relations. 他向我們簡單描述了一下他那些古怪的親戚。 The talk began with a thumbnail sketch of the political situation at that time. 講座從對當時政治形勢的簡要概述開始。 In 1842 he wrote out a short sketch of his theory. 1842年，他寫了一份他的理論的簡短草圖。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
- thumbnail
- biographical
- …
- give somebody
- sketch of
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Dutch schets or German Skizze, from Italian schizzo, from schizzare ‘make a sketch’, based on Greek skhedios ‘done without preparation’.