a scene showing, for example, events and people from history, that is presented by a group of actors who do not move or speak 舞台造型；静态画面 The procession included a tableau of the Battle of Hastings. 游行队伍中包括黑斯廷斯战役的人物造型。 - (figurative)
She stood at the door observing the peaceful domestic tableau around the fire. 她站在门口，看着炉火周围阖家祥和的景象。
a work of art, especially a set of statues, showing a group of people, animals, etc. 群像（尤指雕塑）
Word Originlate 17th cent. (in the sense ‘picture’, figuratively ‘picturesque description’): from French, literally ‘picture’, diminutive of table, from Latin tabula ‘plank, tablet, list’.